ClaimsRodney Brooks

“For instance, in the case of D (evil super intelligences who want to get rid of us) long before we see such machines arising there will be the somewhat less intelligent and belligerent machines.”

Rodney Brooks, writing on his blog 7 September 2017 [FoR&AI] The Seven Deadly Sins of Predicting the Future of AI (rodneybrooks.com) archived copy

Prediction AI safety and alignment

Long before any evil super-intelligent machines arise, less intelligent and belligerent machines will appear first.

Unresolvable The public record could not settle it.

Prediction: Statements about events outside the person's control, checked once they fell due: did they come true?

Reasoning

Prediction with no horizon and vague terms about belligerent machines.

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Rodney Brooks, “Long before any evil super-intelligent machines arise, less intelligent and belligerent machines will appear first.” (said 7 September 2017). Verdict: unresolvable. Reliability API, claim c_313d31d315e6, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_313d31d315e6

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