Today’s theme: A.I. (Artificial Intelligence)

Elon Musk has warned again about the dangers of artificial intelligence, saying that it poses “vastly more risk” than the apparent nuclear capabilities of North Korea does. You might have thought that Artificial Intelligence was a silly sci-fi concept. But let’s clear things up! Stop thinking of robots. Let’s take a close look at what the leading thinkers in the field believe this road looks like and why this revolution might happen way sooner than you might think.

>>>The Conversationalist With

Mark Zastrow

- Science Journalist

- Written for Nature, New Scientist and other outlets

“We don’t know very much about how AI makes the decisions that it does—even the people who program it. This can lead to all sorts of dangerous situations if we put too much faith in it, and can also lead to hidden biases.”

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Pedro Domingos

- Professor of Computer Science at University of Washington

- Winner of 2014 SIGKDD Innovation Award, known as Nobel Prize in data science

- Author of the bestseller Master Algorithm which is also available in Korean <마스터 알고리즘>

“As the data grows exponentially, and with computers able to learn, how convenient can a future life be? Do you think machines can mimic the way human brain works?”

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Dr. Peter Asaro

- Philosopher of science, technology and media

- Affiliate Scholar from Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School

- Co-founder & Vice Chair of the International Committee on Robot Arms Control

- Spokesperson for Campaign to Stop Killer Robots

“The open letter signed this week by 116 tech company leaders says that the arms race for killer robots is currently under way. Do you agree? Do you think killer robots rebelling against humans as in sci-fi movies can be possible in the future?”

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>>>A Few Minutes with Amos

I recently took a trip… the WORST are people who don’t know that you need to have a passport to travel.

They get to the desk, or security, or boarding and are like “OH! You need a passport? I think it’s at the bottom of my suitcase. Let me get it.”

So my solution is that is anyone is like “Passport? What is passport?” then they should immediately have their ticket revoked without refund….

>>>Next week: A Taxi Driver (택시 운전사)