Alexander, DE;
(2018)
Black-sky thinking.
Alert: Journal of the Institute of Civil Protection and Emergency Management
, Summer
(2018)
pp. 2-5.
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Abstract
I n the current furore about artificial intelligence (AI), there is a growing fear that machines will take on a life of their own and behave in a malign and uncontrollable manner.1 There are many worrying aspects of AI, and some heartening ones, but there is a remarkably simple answer to talk of machines taking over, namely, why not pull out the plug? The insurgency of self-controlled machines is a staple of science fiction, and much of the respect for that genre stems from the fact that it often contains a metaphor for humanity’s current mores and preoccupations. In this case, it is an indication of the extent to which we all take electricity for granted
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Black-sky thinking |
| Location: | United Kingdom |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
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| Language: | English |
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| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Inst for Risk and Disaster Reduction |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10061908 |
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