Artificial Intelligence as a Positive and Negative Factor in Global Risk Eliezer Yudkowsky (yudkowsky@singinst.org) Forthcoming in Global Catastrophic Risks‚ eds. Nick Bostrom and Milan Cirkovic Draft of August 31‚ 2006 Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence Palo Alto‚ CA Introduction By far the greatest danger of Artificial Intelligence is that people conclude too early that they understand it. Of course this problem is not limited to the field of AI. Jacques Monod wrote: "A curious
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Companies such as Reebok‚ Nike‚ Mcdonalds‚ DeBeers‚ Enron‚ Coca-Cola‚ Pepsi‚ Toyota‚ Colgate‚ Cadbury are some of the multinational companies. Text. Positive Aspects of Multinational Corporation in an Economy -Creating Competitive Environment - Competition is not destructive; it has compelled multinational corporations to provide the world with an immense diversity of high-quality and low-priced products. Competition‚ given free trade‚ delivers mutually beneficial gains from
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technology. In the United States alone‚ as of 2008‚ the national average of vehicles per household is 2.28 ("Auto Spies"). Google‚ however‚ currently attempts to revolutionize the car by making it driverless. These driverless cars generate both positive and negative outcomes on society. The Google car creates equal opportunities for those who cannot drive. Sergey Brin‚ Google’s co-founder‚ states that “Too many people are underserved by the current transport system. They are blind‚ or to young to
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APPLE INC. IN 2010 Apple Inc. in 2010 Student Name American Public University Business 620 Apple Inc‚ in 2010 Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak created Apple Computer Inc. in 1976‚ introducing the first apple personal computer that was mass produced. Throughout the years apple has attained great heights and success in the computer and technological arena. The company has had a competitive advantage in the creation and marketing of the iPod‚ iPhone‚ and various other personal media devices including
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started celebrating the end of the first major war‚ where so many young lives were lost; so many people were permanently scarred for life or suffered horrible war-injuries (Vaughan‚ 1-2). The Treaty of Versailles was the treaty formed at the end of World War I‚ which many historians say caused the next major war‚ WWII. The reason for this‚ they say‚ is because of too many harsh laws included in the treaty‚ which put the full blame of Germany. Germany was blamed‚ because they lost the war‚ and so every
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Hernan Cortes a positive or negative force in history? Villains aren’t always just found in the stories we pass down from generation to generation. They can be found in everyday life throughout history from all across the globe. But what makes someone a villain? The definition of villain is someone that is blamed for a particular evil or difficulty (Webster). Hernan Cortes fits this description and the actions taken while in Mexico can be viewed as evil‚ making him a negative force in their
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character‚ personality‚ etc. Since a lot of teens try to find their identity through high school and fashion‚ it can ultimately change not only their personality‚ but their character towards other people and family. Tying into this‚ celebrities are a big impact on teen fashion. Ashton Pittman also states that often‚ fashion for teenagers is the
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Positive and Negative Emotions PSY/220 January 10‚ 2014 Nekeyla Oliver Positive and Negative Emotions The Broaden- and- build theory created by Barbara Fredrickson (2001) describes how positive emotions open up our thinking and actions to new possibilities‚ and how this expansion can help build physical‚ psychological‚ and social resources that promote well-being (Baumgardner‚ 2009). In correlation as suggested by Fredrickson (2001)‚ positive emotions include joy‚ interest‚ contentment‚
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in life‚ people can be influenced in both positive and negative ways. In the three novels that we have read so far‚ Great Expectations‚ Lés Misérables‚ and Wuthering Heights‚ the main characters are faced with negative challenges and influences. Positive guides and influences also affect the characters in these books; the positive guides usually end up winning in the end. In Great Expectations‚ the main character of the story was Pip. Some of the negative influences that Pip faces include poverty
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