Since the human brain is a massively parallel neural
computer, it is conceivable that we could build
a massively parallel computer powerful enough to declare itself the
King of the Earth, enslave the human race and
challenge God as the Supreme Being.
Most recently, Deep Blue, an IBM computer played Chess with Garry
Kasparov, the greatest living Chess grandmaster and won. Do you feel
breakthroughs in artificial intelligence are getting to a point when they
threaten man as man, and all the values we hold dear as God's most favored
creation?
Unfortunately, IBM and the media is describing the Deep Blue versus Garry Kasparov match as a machine versus man contest. I view it as men (computer programmers) versus man showdown. The media ignored the computer programmers that used a massively parallel computer to defeat Garry Kasporov.
It was massively parallel computing technology, not artificial intelligence, which enabled it to perform extremely fast calculations that won.
Those chess grandmasters that believed that a computer can never defeat Garry Kasparov never understood how computers work.
Since the human brain is a massively parallel neural computer, it is conceivable that we could build a massively parallel computer powerful enough to declare itself the King of the Earth, enslave the human race and challenge God as the Supreme Being.
What is scary is that computers cannot forget or make mistakes or have compassion for human suffering. Once it takes over, it would be difficult to plan a successful coup against it.
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