Elon Musk elected as “enemy of technology” of the year by … – Observer

Luddite. The term is used by historians to describe the members of workers’ organizations led by Ned Ludd in England in the 19th century who opposed the industrial revolution and destroyed machines that could reportedly replace them. The term is used every time you want to name an enemy of technological change.

The US-based Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) adapted this concept and created the Luddite Awards, an annual award given to people, entities or concepts that “hinder technological development of man”, as described in your page. Tops the list this year Elon Musk, the empreeendedor that gives soul to SpaceX and Tesla, considered “alarmist” by ITIF for “being to disclose a threat that humans would lose control of the Artificial Intelligence (AI)” .

According to the organization’s report released Monday, although we deal daily with applications and devices equipped with self-learning technologies, “saying that these devices will dominate the world means not understand what is AI and where it is today “

He adds:.

If these systems will ever develop full autonomy is a debatable issue, but what is not should be discussed is this possible future is very, very far (more like a century than a decade), and is therefore premature to worry if Skynet [antagonist technology of the film series 'Terminator'] will become self conscious. Up doomsday scenarios of science fiction makes it difficult for people, politicians and scientists support more funding for research in Artificial Intelligence, “concludes the organization.

Other personalities considered as” alarmist “by the alleged risks of . IA are Bill Gates and Stephen Hawking

The full list of nominees to the Luddite Awards 2015 include:

1. “alarmists who predict an apocalypse caused by Artificial Intelligence”
2. “Defenders, as Hawking and Noam Chomsky, the prohibition of ‘killer robots’”
3. “Vermont and other states [Americans] that limit the use of automated readers enrollment cars”
4. “Europe, China and other countries who choose to cab drivers about car sharing passengers’
5. ” The industry of the American role in opposing the e-labeling “
6. “The governor [of the state] California [Jerry Brown] by veto the use of RFID [radio frequency identification] tags in driving titles”
7. “[The state American] Wyoming to prohibit the citizen science “
8. ” The American Communications Commission to limit innovation in broadband technologies “
9. ” The Center for Food Safety [American] by fight against genetically modified food ‘
10. “[The US state of] Ohio and other states to ban security cameras in traffic”

The vote to choose the winner It is open to the public. However, it was not set the date for the end of choice.

The Guardian recovered a tweet 2014 in which Musk cites the risk of Artificial Intelligence, comparing it with nuclear weapons.

The inclusion of Elon Musk on the list of “enemies of technology” coincided this week with the last of his achievements. Its space transportation company, SpaceX, was able to recover a rocket that launched into orbit, landing it softly on a platform. The feat can make cheaper space exploration in the future. The entrepreneur also helped create the PayPal service and is responsible for brand electric cars Tesla Motors.

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