How Artificial is Human Intelligence -- and Humanity? Consideration of AI Safety versus Safety from Human Artifice
Introduction Much is now made of the potential dangers of artificial intelligence and the urgent need for its regulation (Yoshua Bengio, et al, , "Large-scale Risks from Upcoming, Powerful AI Systems": managing AI risks in an era of rapid progress , Global Research , 25 October 2023). Media have focused on the recent assertion by Henry Kissinger in the light of his involvement in the World Economic Forum ( AI Will Replace Humans within 5 Years , Slay , 28 October 2023). The more dramatic argument is presented by Geoffrey Hinton (John Davidson, Godfather of AI stands by extinction warning , Financial Review , 1 November 2023). Such are purported to be the dangerous consequences for the world that the UK government has urgently hosted an AI Safety Summit of leaders in the field at the iconic location of computer innovation in response to the threat of World War II ( BBC , 28 October 2023). The Summit gave rise to the so-called Bletchley Declaration , reinforced by