Sam Altman is seeking $7 trillion  (!) to develop a new computer chip to help speed up "advanced AI" development. Is it worth it? Who will pay for it? Just less than a year ago, prominent scientists wrote a letter  to call for a global halt on AI development that has since been signed by over 33K people around the world. Guess what? Not much changed, except the major AI hype wore off. The "intelligent" chatbot that spurred industrial strikes and awe is now mostly a brainstorm

Imagine your computer to know your mental weaknesses better than you do. Creepy? Perhaps, yes. But what if it helps to prevent you from falling for scams? What if it stops you before you do something harmful to yourself or someone else? Would you use this technology? To some extent, big online advertising companies have already figured out when to target whom with certain content. They are called recommender systems and thrive on heaps of data on what you browse, buy and sear

This series "Why I am not afraid of singularity anytime soon" takes a closer look at potential flaws in our human understanding of singularity and why I think we should all be more concerned about other crises of humanity rather than about super intelligence. If you missed the first two parts on human stupidity  and an evolutionary definition of intelligence , check them out here: part 1 , part 2 . Finally, we will delve deeper into the question "what is super intelligence, a

Last time in the first part of this series  "Why I am not afraid of singularity anytime soon", I argued that human stupidity poses a much more immediate threat to our existence than super intelligent artificial intelligence (AI). I explained how stupidity originates from our biases and heuristics, and their recurring challenges we need to overcome as a consequence. Now, before we dive into the second main reason for why we should not be afraid of super intelligent AI, this po

In recent years, people from the likes of Stephen Hawking and Elon Musk have publicly expressed their concern about the potential existential risks of "super intelligent artificial intelligence (AI) systems" for us, human beings. In this blog series, I want to share my two main reasons for why we should not be afraid of super intelligent AI or "robots taking over our world" at all. Firstly, human stupidity poses a much more immediate threat to ourselves. Secondly, why should