INQ120B
My Robot, My Frenemy

Activity 34

Final Invention - End of the Human Era

  1. Robot of the Day: DigiDog
  2. Summary: Our Final Invention
    1. Chapter 13: Unknowable by Nature
    2. Chapter 14: The End of the Human Era?
    3. Chapter 15: The Cyber Ecosystem
  3. Discussion: Our Final Invention
    1. Will simulated brains be friendly?
    2. What can we do to protect ourselves?
    3. Could we protect ourselves by augmenting our intelligence?
    4. Hackers tampered with a water treatment facility in Florida by changing chemical levels
    5. Today I learned BMW charges extra for a ‘don’t blind other people’ software update
  4. Activity: Final Project

Activity: Final Project

As a class, brainstorm catastrophes that could be caused by intelligent, hacking capable software.

With your group, describe steps that could be taken to prevent the catastrophe if we can’t prevent the creation of AGI.