If AI Companies Are Trying To Build God, Shouldn’t They Get Our Permission First?
When a handful of innovators rise up to literally change the world, for better or worse, shouldn’t the public have a say beforehand? AI is an oxymoron: only humans possess intelligence, not machines. Perhaps machines need a god to police themselves, but to say the machine god is, therefore, suitable to serve as the god of humanity is a logical disconnect, if not outright stupid. Yet, this is exactly where the AI titans are headed. Does the public have a right to informed consent, or should it blindly follow the Pied Pipers to their destruction?