You might have heard through Internet buzz that a Stephen Hawking Reddit AMA will kick off on Monday for an entire week worth of questions. This Reddit AMA session will not be like the usual ones, where in you throw in your questions and the answer to it comes soon.
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If you have some questions on AI that can only be answered by one of the top minds in theoretical physics, you’re in luck.
There’s few times in your life that you’ll be able to interview a really, really smart person. The AMA thread is supposed to go live at 8 am EST. So the delayed format will allow him the time necessary to answer questions.
The Reddit session can be used as a chance to discuss the implications of Stephen Hawking’s theory about artificial intelligence, to identify the risk points of this scenario, so that more people can fully grasp the extent of his theory. The subject of AI has been one of key concern to the physicist.
Can lethal autonomous weapons be made to comply with humanitarian law?
What role should computer scientists play in the law and ethics of AI development and use? “Whereas the short-term impact of AI depends on who controls it, the long-term impact depends on whether it can be controlled at all”. Reports say Hawking wants to focus the AMA on discussions around artificial intelligence, although likely the questions will vary dramatically – in both substance and tone – as they tend to on Reddit.
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