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IIIM research scientist and principal investigator Dr. Jacky Mallett has been appointed to the Supervisory Board of Iceland’s Central Bank.
The Board of the Central Bank is selected in a proportional representation by the Icelandic parliament, Althingi, and oversees surveillance of the Bank’s operations. Dr. Mallett was appointed by the Pirate Party which holds 6 of Althingi’s 63 seats.
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By removing the political risk that comes with sending soldiers into battle autonomous weapons lower the threshold of going to war and thus threaten world piece.
Thousands of experts, including Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking have called for a ban on these weapons and Elon Musk has in fact warned that international competition to AI superiority is the most likely cause for World War III.
IIIM has also been very vocal on this issue and taken measures to work towards ethical use and development of AI.
This video, narrated by Stephen Fry, gives a disturbing insight into the issues at hand.
The lectures from the AI Festival, which was held November 3rd 2017 are available for you to view on our Youtube channel and here below. Enjoy!
What could our reality look like if technologies already existing would be intergrated and militarised?
Many of the world’s leading AI researchers and humanitarian organisations are concerned about the potentially catastrophic consequences of allowing lethal autonomous weapons to be developed.