Currently, scientists are studying the possibility of autonomous
development of artificial intelligence, that is, without human
participation. Scientists are working to create a "Darwinian"
artificial intelligence. University of Edinburgh professor Emma
Hart says she and her team of programmers and robotics have
created a new generation of self-replicating robots using a 3D
printer. According to her, the ability to reproduce their own kind
should become one of the main mechanisms of adaptation of
robots to the environment. Emma and her colleagues strive to
create robots that do not require human control. Over the past
decades, artificial intelligence programs have made robots begin
to perform tasks designed exclusively for humans. For example,
Boston Dynamics makes multi-functional robots that can load
goods onto trucks, move boxes from a warehouse, and perform
other difficult tasks.
In 2020, Google engineers developed the AutoML-Zero program,
which independently generates a huge number of artificial
intelligence algorithms, which makes it similar to the process of
reproduction in humans. Experts sought to reproduce the human
reproductive system in order to develop self-replicating artificial
intelligence systems on its basis. They used a collection of one
hundred possible algorithms by randomly combining mathematical
operations. The developers of AutoML-Zero said that the process
of self-reproducing algorithms will not stop there. The program will
also check children's algorithms, destroying copies that are
identical to each other or parents, to facilitate the evolution
process and ensure the viability of new varieties of algorithms. This
research bears the closest resemblance to Darwin's theory. The
principle of natural selection, which has become the main reason for
the survival of the human population, is used as a tool for the
evolution of algorithms. According to scientists, as there are no
identical people to each other, and algorithms should not have
copies.
Emma Hart notes that modern technology will allow robots to
reproduce using 3D printers. The second generation of artificial
intelligence programs (children) will independently develop using
previously introduced databases containing algorithms from (mother)
and (father). Artificial intelligence will be able to select new
algorithms suitable for evolution and destroy damaged and duplicated
copies. This will allow him to reproduce selected and improved
algorithms, providing a kind of genetic code capable of creating new
generations of robots. Chinese Internet giant Tencent Holdings,
according to Reuters, from the pages of the social network it
controls WeChat admitted this week that it has been funding the
development of specialized processors for its own needs for a long
time. Tang Daosheng, Senior Executive Vice President and Head of
Tencent Cloud, outlined three key areas of the company's activity in
this area.
For use in artificial intelligence systems, processors of the Zixiao
family are intended, for video processing - Canghai processors, and
Xuanling chips must be registered in network equipment. Tencent
is also developing its own operating system, Orca, to operate in the
cloud. It should be recalled that other Chinese Internet giants are
also expanding their range of proprietary processors. Last month,
Alibaba introduced the Yitian 710 server processors with 128 cores
and Arm-compatible architecture. Huawei Technologies is developing
the Kunpeng processor family, and Xiaomi, after its first attempt to
develop processors for smartphones in the second phase, chose to
focus on creating chips for image processing. All these developments
are simultaneously used in the creation of a new generation of
weapons. And in the near future, AI systems will spiral out of
control. Since the goal of life is survival. Black, hard times similar
to the Terminator movie await us. Unless, of course, people destroy
this technology in the bud.
