Anchored by the memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary on Oct. 7, October is a special month for Catholics to honor Mary, the Mother of God, and turn to her for help and protection.
These days, however, Mary is getting stiff competition from artificial intelligence.
Consider a recent talk by Geoffrey Hinton, the Pulitzer Prize-winning "godfather of AI." He declared that artificial intelligence threatens to wipe out humanity, as it will have two objectives: stay alive and gain control.
The solution? Make AI into a mother! We need to build "maternal instincts" into AI models, Hinton explained, so "they really care about people." Without that, "we'll be toast."
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