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Scientists told whether Artificial Intelligence is capable of attacking humanity
Researchers and technology experts from around the world are arguing over whether superintelligent AI can be contained or prevented from attacking humanity. The results are worrisome.
A number of scientists, philosophers, and technology experts from international educational institutions published an article in which they analyzed the danger, stating, among other things, that if such an entity were to arise, it would be unstoppable.
The authors of the study, representing academic institutions and technology organizations in the United States, Australia and Madrid, published their findings in the Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research. The article presents a complex picture of the relationship between humanity and its smart devices.
The field of artificial intelligence has fascinated and terrified mankind for decades, in fact since the invention of the computer, but until recently the potential dangers were limited to science fiction films and books.
The researchers noted that AI has developed at an incredible pace in recent years, thanks to new methods such as machine learning and reinforcement learning that are being successfully applied in a large number of areas.
“Whether we know it or not, AI is fundamentally impacting many aspects of human life, how we experience products and services, from choice to consumption. Examples of this include improved medical diagnosis through image processing, personalized movie and book recommendations, email filtering, and more. The smart devices we use on a daily basis activate many AI applications,” the researchers write.
As an example, the researchers said that smartphone devices do not just use AI, but run self-learning software and store almost endless information about the user.
One of the most important aspects of the evolution of AI into an advanced super being is characterized by breakthroughs in the processing power of machines, the ability to develop algorithms and, of course, the development that humans have made in technologies related to the world of communication.
“The ability of machines to defeat human opponents in various game situations such as chess, poker, quizzes, etc. is symbolic of a trend fueled by the exponential growth in computing power of computers, allowing them to defeat the best human minds. These risks range from machines causing significant disruption to the labor market, to the use of drones and other autonomous weapons that can be used against humans,” the researchers say.
The biggest risk, the researchers argue, is super-intelligent AI, which is smarter than the best human brain in every possible area.
“Superintelligent AI has the tools to mobilize various resources to achieve goals. The superintelligence, given the task of maximizing happiness in the world, might think that it is more efficient to destroy all life on Earth and create faster computer simulations of happy thoughts,” the researchers explain.
The researchers argue that the ability of modern computers to adapt using complex machine learning algorithms makes it difficult for us to understand or prepare for the possibility of such a super AI rising.
The fear is that one super-intelligent AI can store all possible computer programs in its memory at the same time, and any program written to prevent machines from harming people can be erased or rewritten, and people will not have the opportunity to catch up in time or prevent it.
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Experts Declare Experimental Cancer Vaccine Based On mRNA Technology Is ‘Safe and Effective’
A new cancer vaccine based on Covid mRNA vaccine technology
which has yet to be clinically tested has already been declared “safe
and effective” by the British government.
Known as ‘LungVax’,
the new vaccine is being developed by the University of Oxford, the
Francis Crick Institute and University College London, and is expected
to be the first of a huge range of new cancer vaccinations available in
the near future.
Research scientists developing the ‘groundbreaking’ lung cancer
vaccine claim it will be effective in preventing up to 90 per cent of
cases by training the immune system to locate and attack early signs of
disease.
Lung cancer cells look different from normal cells due to having ‘red
flag’ proteins called neoantigens. The LungVax vaccine will carry a strand of DNA which trains the immune system to recognize these neoantigens on abnormal lung cells.
It will then instruct the immune system to destroy these cells and stop lung cancer.
Professor Tim Elliot, lead researcher at the University of Oxford, said: ‘Cancer
is a disease of our own bodies and it’s hard for the immune system to
distinguish between what’s normal and what’s cancer.
‘Getting the immune system to recognize and attack cancer is one of the biggest challenges in cancer research today.”
Elliot admitted the new vaccine is based on technology used to create the Covid vaccine.
‘This research could deliver an off-the-shelf vaccine based on
Oxford’s vaccine technology, which proved itself in the Covid pandemic.
Remarkably, given the disastrous health consequences for those
vaccinated with the experimental Covid vaccines, Eilliot praised the
mRNA roll out as a success.
‘If we can replicate the kind of success seen in trials during
the pandemic, we could save the lives of tens of thousands of people
every year in the UK alone.’
Researchers have been granted up to £1.7 million from Cancer Research UK and the CRIS Cancer Foundation.
The team will receive funding for the study over the next 2 years to
support lab research and initial manufacturing of 3,000 doses of the
vaccine at the Oxford Clinical BioManufacturing Facility.
If successful, the vaccine will move straight into a clinical trials,
involving those at biggest risk of disease, such as current and former
smokers who currently qualify for targeted lung health checks in some
parts of the UK.
Elon Musk’s X must be “shut down” by government because dangerous “conspiracy theories” are spreading on the social media platform, according to British TV host Jeremy Vine.
“If there any argument to say, and this will sound crazy, but
China does it, we’ve got to now take control of Twitter and shut it down
for the time being,” said Vine.
Vine made the comments earlier this week during a heated debate
regarding speculation surrounding the health and whereabouts of Kate
Middleton, the Princess of Wales.
Boomers have become obsessed with speculating that Middleton has died or is severely unwell and that the Royal Family is hiding it because she hasn’t been seen in months after an operation.
The manipulation of a series of photo of Middleton and her children also only served to fuel the rumors, as some sources close to the princess claimed she had been murdered by the royal family.
However, instead of dismissing the whole issue for what it is, a pointless distraction that will disappear once Middleton makes a public appearance around Easter, Vine called for draconian measures.
Modernity report:
Ah yes, the Communist dictatorship of China, which shuts down the Internet to clamp down on dissent and enhance its repression of undesirables.
That’s definitely who we should be mimicking, Jeremy.
Throughout the COVID pandemic, Vine’s show was a platform for some of the most vulgar, authoritarian drivel imaginable.
One show asked if children who are unvaccinated should be banned from schools or made to wear special badges.
Another asked, “Is it time to ban the unvaccinated from traveling?”
Vine has made a name for himself as being a dutiful amplifier of regime messaging, while his annoying side hobby of biking around London looking to film confrontations with motorists has also angered many.
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