{"id":2196,"date":"2015-01-29T20:21:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-29T20:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afutureworththinkingabout.wordpress.com\/2015\/01\/29\/on-the-publics-perception-of-machine"},"modified":"2016-06-27T00:12:10","modified_gmt":"2016-06-27T04:12:10","slug":"on-the-publics-perception-of-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afutureworththinkingabout.com\/?p=2196","title":{"rendered":"“On The Public\u2019s Perception of Machine Intelligence” (Storify)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“On The Public\u2019s Perception of Machine Intelligence” (Storify)
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Shortly after waking up, I encountered another annoying \u201cFear Artificial Intelligence! FEARRRR IIITTTT!\u201d headline, from another notable quotable\u2014Bill Gates, this time. Then all this happened.<\/p>\n

Previously in this conversation\u2026 like, everything I\u2019ve ever said, but most recently, there\u2019s this: http:\/\/wolvensnothere.tumblr.com\/post\/108575909821\/john-brockman<\/a><\/p>\n

The [above] image comes from my presentation from Magick Codes, late last year: https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/9891302\/Plug_and_Pray_Conceptualizing_Digital_Demigods_and_Electronic_Angels_by_Damien_Patrick_Williams<\/a><\/p>\n

Ultimately, I\u2019m getting extremely tired of the late-to-the-game, nunanceless discussion of issues and ideas that we\u2019ve been trying to discuss for years and years.<\/p>\n

I want us to be talking about these things BEFORE we\u2019re terrified for or lives, because when we react from that mentality, we make really fucking dumb decisions. When we skim the headlines and go for the
\nsensational, we increase the likelihood of those decisions having longer-term implications.<\/p>\n

Anyway, here\u2019s the thing. Thank you to all of my interlocutors. It was an enlightening way to start the day.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“On The Public\u2019s Perception of Machine Intelligence” (Storify) Shortly after waking up, I encountered another annoying \u201cFear Artificial Intelligence! FEARRRR IIITTTT!\u201d headline, from another notable quotable\u2014Bill Gates, this time. Then all this happened. Previously in this conversation\u2026 like, everything I\u2019ve ever said, but most recently, there\u2019s this: http:\/\/wolvensnothere.tumblr.com\/post\/108575909821\/john-brockman The [above] image comes from my presentation […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[8,66,73,85,86,104,492,496,498,499,649],"class_list":["post-2196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-a-future-worth-thinking-about","tag-appeal-to-authority","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-autonomous-created-intelligence","tag-autonomous-generated-intelligence","tag-bill-gates","tag-machine-consciousness","tag-machine-minds","tag-magick","tag-magick-codes","tag-popular-culture","post_format-post-format-image"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5WByP-zq","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4864,"url":"https:\/\/afutureworththinkingabout.com\/?p=4864","url_meta":{"origin":2196,"position":0},"title":"My Second Appearance on Mindful Cyborgs","author":"Damien P. 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