An act of faith ...

AI, the other 900 lb gorilla in the room, besides global warming, is moving toward sentience as we speak. It's not here yet but it will be as there is simply too much money to be made by the various entities who build it but there's a catch, will it be good or evil when said tech becomes self-aware?

One never knows, do one? - Fats Waller

To whit ...

Project Debater is the first AI system that can debate humans on complex topics. The goal is to help people build persuasive arguments and make well-informed decisions. 

The debate ...

AI will bring more harm than good 

Hello and welcome everyone. The following speech is based on 570 arguments contributed by people around the globe, supporting the idea that AI will bring more harm than good. 

There are five issues that will be elaborated on now. The first will demonstrate how AI may take problematic decisions. The next issue is bias. In addition, we will hear about employment, societies and control. 

End result ...

56% pro | 44% con

Addendum: In February in San Francisco, in a benchmark test, the system squared off against Harish Natarajan, a world champion debater. In that case, the A.I. drew its arguments from 400 million published articles available on the Internet. The audience judged that Natarajan narrowly defeated the A.I. on the question of whether government should subsidize preschool education.

And this ...

Project Debater - Speech by Crowd is an AI platform for crowdsourcing decision support. Share your arguments on debatable topics, and our AI constructs persuasive narratives both pro and con, giving you a fresh perspective.

An act of faith indeed ...