Hi Friends,

Even as I launch this today ( my 80th Birthday ), I realize that there is yet so much to say and do. There is just no time to look back, no time to wonder,"Will anyone read these pages?"

With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically

Monday 6 November 2017

Artificial Intelligence or Natural Stupidity ?





Do we need to be afraid of AI gone berserk ?


Or , will Natural Stupidity kill us first  ?


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[ Source : Times of India ( 04 Nov ) ]


In an interview with “ Wired “ magazine , a few days back , World-renowned physicist Stephen Hawking said :



“  I fear that AI may replace humans altogether


If people design computer viruses, someone will design AI that improves and replicates itself


This will be a new form of life that outperforms humans



Earlier this year , he called for  technology to be controlled in order to prevent it from destroying the human race and said , humans needed  to find a way to identify potential threats quickly before they had a chance escalate and endanger civilization




[ Source : Eco Times ( 06 Nov )  ]


Turkey's has opened the first human-like robots factory in the central Anatolian province of Konya.


The AkinRobotics Factory, established by AkinSoft software company, has started mass production of humanoid robotics, AkinSoft Board Chairman Ozgur Akin announced at the inauguration ceremony, Xinhua news agency reported.


"Ada GH5, the new generation of human-robots, will be programmed for use at shopping malls, theatres, airports, hospitals, and even at homes," Akin was quoted as saying by state-run Anadolu Agency.


THE ROBOTS ARE ABLE TO PROCESS WHAT THEY HEAR, SPEAK, SMELL AND CAN USE THE INTERNET.


AkinSoft launched robotics laboratories in 2009 and started model production in 2011 after a series of research and development activities.

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[ Source : Subscription E mail from Peter Diamandis  peter@diamandis.com  / 06 Nov ]


Technology will help us define and actualize human freedoms.

The third dangerous idea from my conversation with Ray ( Kurzweil ) is about how technology will enhance our humanity, not detract from it.

You may have heard critics complain that technology is making us less human, and increasingly disconnected.

Ray and I share a slightly different viewpoint: that technology enables us to tap into the very essence of what it means to be human.

“I don’t think humans even have to be biological,” explained Ray. “I think humans are the species that changes who we are.”

Ray argues that this began when humans developed the earliest technologies -- fire and stone tools. These tools gave people new capabilities, and became extensions of our physical bodies.

At its base level, technology is the means by which we change our environment, and change ourselves. This will continue, even as the technologies themselves evolve.

“People say, ‘Well, do I really want to become part machine?’ You're not even going to notice it,” says Ray, “because it's going to be a sensible thing to do at each point.”

Today, we take medicine to fight disease and maintain good health, and would likely consider it irresponsible if someone refused to take a proven, life-saving medicine.

In the future, this will still happen -- except the medicine might have nanobots that can target disease, or will also improve your memory so you can recall things more easily.

And because this new medicine works so well for so many, public perception will change. Eventually, it will become the norm… as ubiquitous as penicillin and ibuprofen are today.

In this way, ingesting nano-robots, uploading your brain to the cloud, and using devices like smart contact lenses can help humans become, well, better at being human.

Ray sums it up: “We are the species that changes who we are, to become smarter and more profound, more beautiful, more creative, more musical, funnier, sexier.”



And , as far as Stephen Hawking’s wish :


“ to find a way to identify potential threats quickly before they had a chance escalate and endanger civilization “ ,



I have sent to him , my following suggestion :


FastForward to Future  [  20  Oct  2016  ]



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But, instead of ARTIFICIAL INTELIGENCE, destroying the humans in some distant future , what is far more likely is that the human-race will destroy itself by its very own NATURAL STUPIDITY  !


Just look around you and count the number of persons dying prematurely due to :


·         Toxic Chemicals polluting Rivers

·         Coal based Power Plants polluting Air

·         Traffic Noise Polluting environment

·         Lack of Hygiene causing Preventable Diseases

·         Tobacco-induced Cancer

·         Drugs-induced Depressions

·         Global Warming causing Heat-waves / Floods / destruction of Glaciers

·         Plastic waste killing Marine Life


·         Destruction of Mangroves causing Floods

·         Construction / Mining destroying Forests

·         Hunger for Power causing Civil Wars

·         Intolerance causing Militancy / Ethnic Cleansing

·         Wars ( in the name of Religions ?  ) killing millions

·         Alcohol induced fatal Road / Rail Accidents

·         Poverty causing Starvation – Malnutrition ( root of most problems )

·         Indebtedness causing Farmers Suicides



·         Dowry Deaths – Murders – Rapes


This is not a complete list !



And I am not counting deaths due to so-called “ Natural Disasters “ ( more often than not , caused by human folly or greed ! )



Just ask a 2 year old starving child in Yemen – Myanmar – Syria – Libya – Central Africa – India  ( or any place of your choice ) :


“ Are you worried about AI killing you , 10 years from now ? “



She will reply :



“ No !  I am dying right NOW  !




07  Nov  2017


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