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Human AI The Road to AI Everywhere Will Be Long, Winding and Loaded with Potholes By Andy Marken If you’re a start-up in the AI field, VCs (venture capitalists) are throwing money at you. If your company is using/has AI “built into” its product, customers are willing to talk with you. In other words, if you’re not buying/developing/testing/using it, you are obviously a saber tooth tiger’s next meal. AI has had a long and sordid history going back to WW II – The Imitation Game - and the work of Alan Turing considered the father of AI. Starting out shrouded in mystery, the current threats/promises continue to be … mysterious. AI has such a potential for good/evil and benevolence/parsimonious that even many of the leading AI experts and executives issued a subtle joint warning that the technology poses a “risk of extinction.” Geoffrey Hinton, widely known as one of the "godfathers of AI,” has said that the technology poses a "more urgent" threat to humanity than climate change. Based on this urgency and concern, more than 350 of these folks said, “As we grapple with immediate AI risks like malicious use, misinformation, and disempowerment, the AI industry and governments around the world need to also seriously confront the risk that future AIs could pose a threat to human existence.” Allan McLennan, president/cga of 2G Digital Post