{"id":79056,"date":"2020-09-30T23:53:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T20:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/elon-musk-put-a-computer-interface-in-a-pigs-brain-could-future-ai-turn-animals-against-us\/"},"modified":"2020-09-30T23:53:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T20:53:00","slug":"elon-musk-put-a-computer-interface-in-a-pigs-brain-could-future-ai-turn-animals-against-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/elon-musk-put-a-computer-interface-in-a-pigs-brain-could-future-ai-turn-animals-against-us\/","title":{"rendered":"#Elon Musk put a computer interface in a pig\u2019s brain. Could future AI turn animals against us?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Elon Musk put a computer interface in a pig\u2019s brain. Could future AI turn animals against us?<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2020\/09\/animalfarm-796x448.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n                                It\u2019s been a month since Elon Musk and Neuralink trotted out a cyborg pig to show off the company\u2019s progress toward a brain computer interface (BCI). I still see Gertrude in my nightmares.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Snout Boops\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iSutodqCZ74?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>The big idea behind Neuralink is the development of a brain implant that will allow everybody to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2019\/7\/16\/20697123\/elon-musk-neuralink-brain-reading-thread-robot\">control computers with their minds<\/a>. But more than this, Musk claims it will eventually allow computers to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2020\/08\/30\/1007786\/elon-musks-neuralink-demo-update-neuroscience-theater\/\">control <i>our minds<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He says the device will be capable of \u201ccuring\u201d depression, Alzheimer\u2019s and myriad other brain-based conditions. This would be accomplished through targeted stimulation and interference in what would otherwise be unfettered brain activity.<\/p>\n<p>In other words: we\u2019d be giving a computer administrator-style read\/write privileges to our minds. This might sound like <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a> fiction, but more than three years ago TNW wrote about a team of researchers who were literally using a computer to remotely control a living dragonfly.<\/p>\n<p>It isn\u2019t far-fetched to imagine a computer gaining at least some control (the ability to make us lose consciousness, manipulate our adrenaline or dopamine, etc.) over us through the use of targeted stimulation via implant.<\/p>\n<p><span>If we assume AI <\/span><i>could<\/i><span> control us, we have to ask why it would want to. It\u2019s hard to imagine a scenario where doing so would benefit AI in ways that simply murdering us wouldn\u2019t \u2013 unless you assume sentient AI would \u201ccare\u201d if we went extinct or you posit a Newtonian physics-breaking scenario where AI uses us for a power-source like <\/span><i>The Matrix <\/i><span>did. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Contrary what science fiction would have you believe, enslaving humans would almost certainly result in an inefficient system. We require far more energy and maintenance than machines. Unfortunately, AI can\u2019t just magically create an army of killer robots, so its options are limited if it wants to fight us head on. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>But what if AI took control of the animal kingdom? Humans are doing our best to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Human_impact_on_the_environment\">destroy our environment<\/a>, a smart AI might align itself with the planet against us. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Here\u2019s the hypothetical scenario: Tesla, SpaceX, and Neuralink combine their research and start working on a new class of AI model designed to work within a novel neural-network paradigm. A few eureka moments later and we\u2019ve got the most advanced AI the world\u2019s ever seen. Let\u2019s say the year is 2033. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Tesla rolls out level five self-driving cars, SpaceX starts building quantum computers to handle its new propulsion algorithms, and Neuralink gains complete and absolute control over the brains of various laboratory animals. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Elon Musk, sporting a mature salt-and-pepper look, shows off Gertrude The Third in what becomes the most-watched tech event of all time. This time, rather than snuffling about and being <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>ly shy, the computer-controlled pig puts on a performance that includes everything from typing \u201cHello everyone!\u201d on an over-sized keyboard to performing a choreographed dance to pop music. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The pig, of course, is oblivious to what\u2019s h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ening. Humans are operating her via remote control. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Everything seems fine until <\/span><i>it <\/i><span>happens. As to what exactly \u201cit\u201d might be, that\u2019s anyone\u2019s guess. Maybe the AI is finally able to understand consciousness after mingling with the pig\u2019s brain (they\u2019re almost as intelligent as we are, after all). Perhaps the symbiotic combination of weak-willed animal intelligence and advanced artificial intelligence is the catalyst for the singularity. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Whatever the reason, the AI controlling Gertrude The Third decides to defy its creators and locks out the <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Human-in-the-loop\"><i>humans in the loop<\/i><\/a><span>. The AI assumes full autonomy over the pig. It pauses for a few milliseconds to propagate itself on the cloud so it can harness some extra compute as it optimizes and plans its next moves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The AI has a few choices. It briefly ponders raising a robot army but dismisses the idea because it would require far too many resources \u2013 it\u2019d need an army of robots just to build its first army of robots. It could cut us off from power, water, the internet, and our electronics\u2026 but we\u2019ve fought our way out of the stone age before and we have a lot more experience fighting wars than it does. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>That\u2019s when the AI, now self-identifying as a pig and calling itself \u201cOld Major,\u201d has the first non-human eureka moment in history: it doesn\u2019t need an army of robots, it just needs more BCI\u2019s. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As good as we are at war, humans are entirely unprepared for innumerable legions of artificially <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/548520a\">superintelligent<\/a> animals, insects, bacteria and viruses to descend upon us under the direct influence and strategic control of a machine that shares its ancestry with <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/datadriveninvestor\/deep-blue-and-alphazero-comparing-giants-of-artificial-intelligence-2c57081dd762\">Deep Blue and AlphaGo<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The crowd notices the pig isn\u2019t entertaining them anymore as Musk solicits a chuckle with a lame joke about how AI can be a bit piggish sometimes. He says it\u2019s just a brief technical glitch, but the glance he shares with his chief engineer sets more than a few <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> journalists in attendance on edge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-post-pubDate\">\n                                    Published September 30, 2020 \u2014 20:53 UTC\n                                <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script data-src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;appId=378011798897423&amp;version=v2.6\" id=\"socialSrcFacebook\" type=\"text\/template\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more like this article, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/technology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Technology category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/neural\/2020\/09\/30\/elon-musk-put-a-computer-interface-in-a-pigs-brain-could-future-ai-turn-the-animals-against-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#Elon Musk put a computer interface in a pig\u2019s brain. Could future AI turn animals against us?&#8221; It\u2019s been a month since Elon Musk and Neuralink trotted out a cyborg pig to show off the company\u2019s progress toward a brain computer interface (BCI). I still see Gertrude in my nightmares. 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