THE FUTURE IS HERE

Stuart J. Russell on Filter Bubbles and the Future of Artificial Intelligence

“The purpose that we put into the machine has to be the purpose that we desire, otherwise we’re toast.”

Computer scientist Stuart Russell discusses the future and possible risks of artificial intelligence, focusing specifically on the problem of filter bubbles on social media.

From John Brockman’s Long Now Seminar “Possible Minds”:
http://longnow.org/seminars/02019/feb/25/possible-minds/

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