Rodney Brooks

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Roboticist; former MIT CSAIL director

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AI might become conscious

Rodney Brooks votes For and says:

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I am a machine. So are you. I believe our creation would exhibit genuine human-level intelligence, emotions, and even consciousness. Verified source (2008)

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The AI is a real problem for the future of humanity

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Some people get all worked up about it [...] but they're not even closed to being poorly intelligent yet. Unverified source (2016)

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AGI could quickly lead to superintelligence

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My own opinion is that of course this is possible in principle. I would never have started working on Artificial Intelligence if I did not believe that. [...] Even if it is possible I personally think we are far, far further away from understanding ... more Unverified source

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