The Doomsday Machine, by John Markoff

"Apocalyptic Machine" - The truth or novel of John Markov's "Apocalyptic Machine" is an interesting prospect for how our technology can improve the future exponentially, but the article is based on our technique Will eventually not support our claim that it will destroy mankind. His terrible forecast about our future is based on the theory and theory based conclusion. These forecasts do not take into account how other simultaneous technological advances and profit desires affect our world.

As John Markoff pointed out in the recent publication "The Machine of Love", in the field of intelligent machines, we want to reconstruct and transcend human intelligence and want to raise human intelligence through intelligence There is something called. These camps also have names. The former advocates artificial intelligence (AI), the latter thinks that the role of intelligent machines is improvement of human intelligence (IA). Markoff pointed out that the difference between the two camps is not their product but their application.

John Markov is the author of "Love Machine: Human-Robot Common Point", and "New York Times" senior writer, "My greatest concern is the lack of transparency of our algorithm. A society coming from the palm - Our smartphone Guidance from everything from Korean's best barbecue to spouse selection is produced by algorithms, but there is little opinion on the value and motivation of designers of these systems . "

On December 1st, the New York Times lost something: that StarTech reporter. John Markov accepted his acquisition and officially retired. This is not only the loss of the newspaper but also the loss of all of us. Over the years Markoff has provided groundbreaking exclusive news for the Times one after another: the first critical computer viruses, the emergence of web browsers, the rise of artificial intelligence, the threat of dark hackers, the problem of clipper chips ... ... over 2,000 online, each one is thoroughly reported, clearly presented and illuminated with quiet authority