During an interview on Wednesday, Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk said that computers are getting smarter, so much so that they could quickly surpass human intelligence.
On stage at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, Musk told Jack Ma, chairman of Alibaba, that he guarantees that humans will eventually be surpassed by computers “in every single way,” CNBC reports.
“The first thing we should assume is we are very dumb,” Musk said. “We can definitely make things smarter than ourselves.”
Musk pointed to computer programs that allow computers to beat chess champions as well as technology from Neuralink, his own brain interface company that may eventually be able to help people boost their cognitive abilities in some spheres, as examples.
In contrast, Ma thinks somewhat the opposite, noting that machines have never spawned life, and while computers can beat games, the fact that they can win is to some extent of little consequence: who wants to play a game that they know they’re going to lose?
Ma argued that the games are meant for two humans to play together, and while he might want to watch two computers battle it out, he wouldn’t want to play against one.
Last year during a talk at South by Southwest in Austin, Musk talked about the dangers of artificial intelligence.
“Mark my words,” Musk warned. “A.I. is far more dangerous than nukes. So why do we have no regulatory oversight?”
Despite his concerns about the technology, it’s also been a big focus for him. In 2015 Musk along with several other tech titans donated $1 billion to the non-profit A.I. research group OpenAI. OpenAI’s goal is to “advance digital intelligence” with the goal of benefiting humanity as a whole with its advancements.
Last month, Musk unveiled a few additional details about Neuralink. At the time, he said that one of the main goals of the company is to understand and treat brain disorders, as well as to “preserve and enhance your own brain.”
The company is reportedly already working on a system for people who are suffering from paralysis that will allow actions to be performed by just thinking about them.
The absolutely absurd idea of putting a touchscreen display on a mouse isn't exactly new. Turtle Beach already did it with its Command Series MC7, which features a 2.25-inch control screen. But apparently, even that wasn't ridiculous enough for Arctic Fox Technologies. Its new Super Mouse looks like someone took the chunky old Atari ST mouse, slapped a touchscreen and scroll wheel on it, and called it an upgrade.
The result is a rather unusual-looking mouse that is now on Kickstarter, starting at $199. And as ridiculous as it looks, some of its features are genuinely intriguing.
Apple is less than a day away from launching its highly anticipated OLED MacBook Pro with a touch-sensitive screen. But it appears that the upgrade is going to cost a pretty penny. According to a report by Bloomberg, Apple is reportedly eyeing a starting price of $2,899 for the 14-inch MacBook Pro, while the 16-inch version could start at $3,399 in the US.
"At $2,899, the 14-inch model would mark the highest starting price for a new MacBook Pro model, surpassing the $2,799 Apple charged for a 17-inch version introduced in 2006," says the report. The report claims that Apple is targeting a minimum price hike of $400 for its upcoming redesigned 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models.
I've spent a good amount of time digging into the spec sheet of the new M6 MacBook Pro (14-inch), and for all intents and purposes, this is a classic Apple "chip and connectivity" refresh. It's not a full redesign. The chassis, Liquid Retina XDR panel, speakers, ports, and battery, all of them carry over unchanged.
However, the M6 brings more cores, stronger on-device AI, higher memory bandwidth on the larger configs, and modern wireless. Here’s the practical rundown of what actually improved, and whether those gains are worth your money.