Henry Kissinger Issues Warning From Beyond the Grave

Are we doomed?

Midas Contact

It has been practically a 12 months since Nobel peace laureate and war criminal Henry Kissinger died — however he is one way or the other nonetheless providing coverage options from past the grave.

In an uncanny video introducing his posthumously-published e-book “Genesis,” an AI-generated voice clone of the amply loathed Kissinger likens the burgeoning subject of AI to the curse of King Midas.

Because the mythic tale goes, the Greek god Dionysus grants the grasping Midas a want: that every part he touches will flip to gold. Earlier than lengthy, the king realizes that the present is definitely a curse when it comes true to the letter, and by the point he seeks to scrub it off within the River Pactolus, he’d already misplaced his beloved daughter Marigold to it.

“What does this inform us,” the robotic Kissinger voice intones, “about humanity making an attempt to wield an influence which they can not presumably perceive?”

Blended Messages

This e-book co-written by Richard Nixon‘s secretary of state, alongside ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt and former Microsoft government Craig Mundie, appears blended in its takeaways about each the risks and the advantages posed by AI.

“Eric, Craig, and I made a decision to put in writing Genesis to look at what synthetic intelligence means for humanity,” AI Kissinger mentioned, “and discover options to the challenges it poses.”

Within the video, Mundie and Schmidt level out that they had been those to introduce Kissinger to the idea of AI, and that in doing so, it introduced the highly effective trio nearer than ever.

Collectively, they theorized about what function AI will play within the so-called Homo technicus era, a time period coined two decades ago to explain the following period of human evolution by which we’d basically turn into one with the machine.

Whereas the expertise may revolutionize every part from healthcare to diplomacy, because the AI voice clone of the architect of the Vietnam War mentioned and not using a hint of irony, it may additionally threaten our very existence.

“As these AI methods turn into more and more subtle,” the Kissinger voice clone defined, “it’s crucial that governments create an atmosphere the place moral issues and technological development can progress in tandem.”

It stays unclear whether or not that individual bit of recommendation can be heeded.

Throughout his forthcoming second presidency, Donald Trump has already vowed to unleash AI from its present barely-imposed constraints. He’ll additionally, nonetheless, be as soon as once more bringing his son-in-law and onetime Kissinger protege Jared Kushner along for the ride.

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