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Why Dr. Gonzalez had to kill the President
Why Dr. Gonzalez had to kill the President
Why Dr. Gonzalez had to kill the President
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Artificial Intelligence seems to be knocking at the front door. While prominent scientists like Stephen Hawking have warned that Artificial Intelligence could spell the end of the human race, that might already be optimistic. Intelligent agents like Watson, Siri and their siblings are here today and evolving fast.
The booklet contains 4 short stories of how these technologies might be used already today or in the very near future: In "Why Dr. Gonzalez had to kill the President" the leader of a research team has to decide whether to be loyal to his country or his President. You might guess the answer to that. In "Campaign Advisor" voters are influenced via the manipulation of social media, while in "Puppet Master" intelligent agents are used to advice for optimal impact on an audience. "Cyborg" finally is looking at artificial intelligence from a slightly different angle, that of a brain prosthesis.
Current events, namely the US election 2016 with the highly polarizing Mr. Trump provide a background of irrationality, power struggle and manipulation where artificial intelligence plays its role.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherXinXii
Release dateSep 5, 2016
ISBN9783960287995
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    Why Dr. Gonzalez had to kill the President - Jan Radtke

    Why Dr. Gonzalez had to

    kill the President

    and other stories of how

    artificial intelligence and social media

    will become tools of power

    Jan Radtke

    Copyright © 2016 by Jan Radtke

    All rights reserved.

    No part of this book may be reproduced,

    scanned, or distributed in any printed or

    electronic form without permission.

    contact:  j.r@janradtke.de

    ISBN: 978-3-96028-799-5

    Verlag GD Publishing Ltd. & Co KG, Berlin

    E-Book Distribution: XinXii

    www.xinxii.com

    Cover picture:

    Original photo: Gage Skidmore

    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Donald_Trump_by_Gage_Skidmore_5.jpg

    Used under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0)

    The photo has been reworked by the author.

    To my parents, who provided me with a brain

    and the education to use it to think for myself.

    Table of Contents

    Foreword

    Why Dr. Gonzalez had to kill the President

    Puppet Master

    Campaign Advisor

    Cyborg

    Foreword

    Artificial Intelligence has always sparked my interest. Thirty years ago, I was working on developing an expert system for fault-finding in jet engines. Not that the system could tell anything new to even the greenest mechanic then – he’d have had to be pretty drunk to be surpassed by that expert.

    But times are changing.

    Now, Artificial Intelligence seems to be knocking at the front door. While prominent scientists like Stephen Hawking have warned that Artificial Intelligence could spell the end of the human race, I would be happy if humanity made it that far.

    Before we get strong Artificial Intelligence with developed consciousness, able to outcompete humans, there will be intelligent agents like Watson, Siri and their siblings. It is not really intelligent in the human sense, more like an idiot savant. Very good at one thing, completely useless at everything else, and not one shred of common sense as a character in one of the stories describes them.

    These will be used – and abused – by whoever gets them in their hands, with unforeseeable consequences. Well, not entirely unforeseeable – three scenarios out of an infinite number are covered in the stories of this small eBook. In the final story in this book, a strong AI is developed, but it fails to survive contradicting orders. Another story is available for free here: http://thewildword.com/the-spirits-that-i-called/.

    Obviously current events have inspired me too. I am not aware that any of the techniques described in the stories actually are being employed, so all of this is fiction – for now. However, in an environment of irrationality, power struggle and manipulation this is only a question of time.

    Hennigsdorf, 8. July 2016

    Jan Radtke

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