Why Robopocalypse, Skynet Or A Distributed Cyber-Mind Will Not Emerge From The Internet

There has been discussion lately that the computers that make up the internet could spontaneously become intelligent and conscious with predictably dark consequences. There is a sense of foreboding, but little attempt at more detailed analysis as to whether it could actually happen. Simple calculations relying on existing knowledge show that it is far more likely that the first example of a non-neuronal intelligence will happen in a specifically built supercomputer rather than just happen by chance from the internet. As a consequence, the behaviour of such an intelligence if it did arise would initially be observed in a much more controlled environment. read more

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