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31reasons on Jan 15, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Elon Musk donates $10M to keep AI beneficial

AI is already dangerous with its recommendation engines shaping our lives and used for decision making in lot of unethical places we don't know about. Every technology has a dark side. It does not need to reach human level intelligence or beyond it.

fixedd on Jan 15, 2015 [–]

Can you give some examples of places where it might be currently being unethically used?

robmcm on Jan 15, 2015 | [–]

Targeted adverts for drugs, alcohol, gambling, payday loans, credit cards, fast food etc.

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