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August 2017 Starbucks Challenge

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August 2017 Starbucks Challenge

During the semester we feature a technology with potential legal, social and/or ethical  implications and ask:

What’s YOUR answer?

One $25 Starbucks gift card awarded per challenge based on what we feel is the most judicious response to the highlighted technology, below. 

Deadline to be eligible for this month’s Starbucks gift card is September 25, 2017.

Elon Musk recently told the National Governors Association that artificial intelligence represented the greatest risk ever to humankind, much worse than North Korean missiles — click here.  Musk called on the governors to consider regulating AI.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg called Musk’s comments “pretty irresponsible,” eliciting unnecessary fear-mongering.  In response, Musk tweeted: “ I’ve talked to Mark about this. His understanding of the subject is limited.”

Our question to you is, how big of a risk do you think artificial intelligence is to the future of humankind, and what if anything should be done about this existential risk?

Feel free to utilize reliable, external informational sources to support your argument(s).