11 thoughts on “Escaping To Mars From AI”

  1. Before we worry about artificial intelligence we should work harder to discover the natural kind.

    1. There’s one aspect of natural intelligence sitting right here for the taking: “Worry about the future and about the consequences of our actions”.

    2. Obama and his supporters are proof that Artificial Intelligence will have a hard time overcoming natural stupidity.

  2. Glad to hear he’s waking up to the limitations of Mars in particular and planetary surfaces in general.

    Neither a moon’s surface or planetary one will ever be protection from either AI’s or aggressive aliens. The only real solution are the self-propelled, self-replicating space habitats that Dandridge Cole and Isaac Asimov discussed in the 1960’s. They are small and nimble enough to disappear in the vastness of the Oort cloud and outer Solar System. Add the proper counter measures designed and such habitats would be very difficult to locate as well. And since they are self-replicating you would soon lose track of how many there are to hunt for 🙂

    1. Unless the solution for destroying or suborning such habitats replicates even faster.

    2. Thomas, you are really discrediting yourself with that first remark. He isn’t saying what you suggest at all.

      AI is electronic and travels as such. It might be just an algorithm meaning it can go anywhere computer hardware goes. All computer hardware is logically the same other than speed and memory.

      In other words, you can’t hide in the Oort cloud either… it doesn’t matter how swift and nimble you are… light is faster.

      1. Ken,

        Light may be faster, but you have to receive the signal before it infects your system. A planet like Mars will likely be receiving far more signals from Earth than a Spome so you have many more opportunities to infect the system. And given your same independent homesteads infecting them will be as easy as the waves of viruses that infect the hordes of small PCs.

        y contrast a Spome several light hours from Earth will be able to have systems in place to prevent such infections by AI while the distance itself will discourage unnecessary contact. And don’t forget about the inverse-square law which will make signals to the outer Solar System much much weaker than signals to Mars.

        1. You seem to be assuming a ‘Spome’ would not want to share signals; weaker signals mean nothing as long as the content is readable which would be the case for necessary contact (which is what the invasive AI signal would ride on.) How do you determine unnecessary anyway?

          ‘Systems in place to prevent infections’ is downright hilarious. Thanks for the laugh. We have such systems in place on earth now… how’s that working out for us? Also, the presumption is that AI would be better at it than us (not that I believe this.) These systems are the same systems everywhere invalidating your claim (or should I say blatant bias) that ‘Spome’ do it better.

          Distance is delay, but infection is infection regardless.

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