{"id":691,"date":"2015-09-08T22:50:45","date_gmt":"2015-09-08T22:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/eecsnews\/?p=691"},"modified":"2016-08-17T21:40:38","modified_gmt":"2016-08-17T21:40:38","slug":"eecss-tom-dietterich-at-the-forefront-of-ai-dialog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/eecsnews\/2015\/09\/08\/eecss-tom-dietterich-at-the-forefront-of-ai-dialog\/","title":{"rendered":"EECS\u2019s Tom Dietterich at the Forefront of AI Dialog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tom Dietterich: Smart Software in a World with Risk (DARPA &quot;Wait, What?&quot;)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dQOo3Mg4D5A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Could artificial intelligence\u00a0take over the world? The question captured the attention of the media this year when Bill Gates, Stephen Hawking and Elon Musk spoke publically about the dangers of artificial intelligence (AI).<\/p>\n<p>Gates said he is \u201cconcerned about super intelligence,\u201d Hawking warned that &#8220;the development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race,&#8221; and Musk described AI as \u201cour biggest existential threat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tom Dietterich, president of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence and a distinguished professor of computer science at Oregon State University, has been busy this year giving the academic perspective on the issue for articles, video and radio. He was the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dQOo3Mg4D5A\">plenary speaker<\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/darpawaitwhat.com\/\">Wait What?<\/a> a future technology forum hosted by DARPA on September 9-11, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitaltrends.com\/computing\/fear-cortana\/\">article by Digital Trends<\/a> in February, Dietterich was tapped for his expertise on the topic:<\/p>\n<p><em>Dietterich lists bugs, cyber-attacks and user interface issues as the three biggest risks of artificial intelligence \u2014 or any other software, for that matter. \u201cBefore we put computers in control of high-stakes decisions,\u201d he says, \u201cour software systems must be carefully validated to ensure that these problems do not arise.\u201d It\u2019s a matter of steady, stable progress with great attention to detail, rather than the \u201capocalyptic doomsday scenarios\u201d that can so easily capture the imagination when discussing AI. <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitaltrends.com\/computing\/fear-cortana\/#ixzz3hsjhzLtj\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In July, Dietterich was interviewed for NPR\u2019s On Point \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wbur.org\/onpoint\/2015\/07\/16\/artificial-intelligence-risk-reward-elon-musk\">Managing the Artificial Intelligence Risk<\/a>\u201d during which he tackled a question from a caller who argued that robots should be programmed to love.<\/p>\n<p>He responded<em>, \u201cMy sense is that we should make a very clear distinction between robotic artificial intelligence and humans. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s appropriate to talk about a robot loving anything\u2026Love is a relationship between people.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>When interviewer, Tom Ashbrook, pressed further, saying,<em> \u201cBut if one day AI runs the world and does not recognize love\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Dietterich jumped in to say<em>, \u201cWe will not let AI run the world\u2026 It\u2019s a technology that should be used to enhance our humanity.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>You can listen to or download the entire show from the <a href=\"https:\/\/onpoint.wbur.org\/2015\/07\/16\/artificial-intelligence-risk-reward-elon-musk\">On Point website<\/a>. Dietterich\u2019s portion begins at minute 36.<\/p>\n<p>Dietterich was also featured by <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/N9cft8\">Business Insider<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/sGAuqW\">Business Insider Australia<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/03PBcq\">FedScoop<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/StUkv4\">Microsoft Research<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/oi5Oyg\">PC Magazine<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/Uj4etF\">TechInsider<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/hl5qpr\">U.S. Department of Defense<\/a>;\u00a0was filmed by <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/StUkv4\">Communications of the ACM<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kezi.com\/news\/local\/OSU_Studies_Artificial_Intelligence_.html\">KEZI<\/a>;\u00a0and has been mentioned in articles by the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/cio\/2015\/02\/13\/what-should-we-think-of-machines-that-think\/\">Wall Street Journal<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techtimes.com\/articles\/26788\/20150115\/elon-musk-donates-10-million-to-keep-us-safe-from-artificial-intelligence.htm\">Tech Times<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.corvallisadvocate.com\/2015\/skynet-is-here-to-enslave-us\/\">The Corvallis Advocate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Could artificial intelligence\u00a0take over the world? 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