Pinker's article of 14 February 2018, adapted from Enlightenment Now, argues that scenarios of an AI literal-mindedly pursuing a given goal against human interests are, in its words, “self-refuting”, because choosing actions that best satisfy conflicting goals and interpreting the intentions of a language user are part of intelligence itself, and that AI, like any other technology, is developed incrementally and tested before it is implemented.

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