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"I regard intelligence as made up of tangible, mechanical and ultimately understandable processes. We will understand the intelligence we put into machines in t
by nefitty 11y ago
"I regard intelligence as made up of tangible, mechanical and ultimately understandable processes. We will understand the intelligence we put into machines in the same way we understand the physics of explosives—that is, well enough to be able to render their behavior predictable enough that in general they don’t cause unintended damage."
This is the new representative quote for the word "hubris" in my brain.
- jamesrcole 11y agoIf you're going to present your judgement on it you could explain why you think that
- progressive_dad 11y agoSticking with the explosives analogy I'd liken it more to rocket science than gunpowder. Sure, you might understand and be able to somewhat predictably control the output of the reactants but in order to use them effectively you are going to introduce an infrastructure for which there will be a tolerance for failure. This broad generalization elides any discussion of the stakes or acceptable tolerances under which we might use these algorithms that simulate life to produce an effect. Further you might plausibly posit that a structuralist approach to biological systems, information, and habitat is not only sisyphean but antithetical to an embodied understanding of our world and ourselves.
- nefitty 11y agoI doubt the ability of intelligence researchers to ultimately retain predictive capability of a self-correcting algorithm. If it is sufficiently powerful enough to be considered able to learn, the complexity embodied in even simple biological creatures shows the inherent inscrutable nature of complex systems. I was stunned that Valiant seems to really believe a complex learning-capable system would continue to remain under human control. Though I am optimistic that we will continue increasing our capacity to control these types of systems (the Human Genome Project blew everyone away with their rapid advancements, so did Google's recent Go successes, etc), I am not so quick to jump to the conclusion that we will remain dominant of them in perpetuity.
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