Bill Maher’s new rule: malignant AI

Bill Maher’s new rule: malignant AI

Bill Maher’s “New Rules” segment from the week before last is about AI, its history, its dangers, and its errors.  Maher doesn’t think too much of it, for, after all, AI can’t cure cancer.  I think he gives these bots overly short shrift, and neglects the productive things AI really can do.  But he then implies that it’s run by sociopaths and could drive humanity extinct. The guests for that week were journalist Kara Swisher, politician Rahm Ema…