Artificial Intelligence - Technology Out of Control?

I find technology fascinating and I'm amazed when I look back over my life at how different things are today from when I was a child.

It's technology after all that allows me to write this in Australia and within seconds after pushing the 'Publish' button, you have access to these words no matter where in the world you are. Just thinking about what has to happen to make this possible is truly mind boggling.

Heck without technology being where it is today, none of us would be able to pursue online affiliate marketing businesses, so we should all be very grateful for the opportunities it has created for us.

It's also advances in technology that allows this wonderful WA platform to develop and improve as it does under the careful watch of Kyle and Carson.

But what about the other side of technology?

Technology is Neither Good Nor Bad

Technology is neither good not bad, it depends on what it's used for that makes it so, and as with anything there are always two sides to every coin.

This weekend I watched an interesting documentary called 'Do you Trust This Computer' which coincides with the 50th anniversary of "2001, A Space Odyssey", a SciFi movie in which the AI (Artificial Intelligence) goes wrong and kills the crew.

At the time the makers of the film imagined technologies which now according to some are set to come true unless we put strict controls into place.

One of those with a strong opinion about this is Elon Musk, TESLA and SpaceX founder.

In the documentary which is available to watch this weekend online (search for it if you're interested), he paints a grim picture of a possible future, one that many of us can't even begin to imagine.

He talks about an immortal robot-like dictator arising from Scientific research with the potential to take over the world unless strict regulations are put into place.

In the past we have been able to destroy human dictators but an artificial one would live forever. There would be no escape.

Musk has been warning against unregulated AI research projects for a few years now, warning that AI superiority at a national level could very well cause the start of World War 3.

In 2015 he joined the late Stephen Hawking, urging the United Nations to ban killer robots.

Interestingly enough, in view of Facebook's recent and ongoing data privacy issue, he
took the radical step of deleting the Facebook pages for Tesla Motors and SpaceX.

So what is one meant to make of all this?

I have no idea, but as citizens of a technologically advancing world and as online marketers and prolific users of technology, I believe we have a responsibility to stay informed and have a say about how we may be impacted in the future. More importantly we must stay focused on the good we can do with technology.

What are your thoughts?