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This is like asking, "why didn't they just build a new dam instead of spending so much time drawing up blueprints?" Games can be useful abstractions and guides
by ewzimm 10y ago
This is like asking, "why didn't they just build a new dam instead of spending so much time drawing up blueprints?" Games can be useful abstractions and guides that advance our understanding of the same decision making processes that allow people to create real, effective changes in the world. The balance is shifting to the point in the near future where most of the best solutions to real world problems won't come directly from unaugmented human minds.
- sbov 10y agoI can see games being an impetus, but are they really the blueprint, as opposed to just another application, but one that the public at large can appreciate?
- ewzimm 10y agoThe game itself isn't the blueprint. The source code of the application used to play the game is a blueprint for learning and pattern recognition that can be applied to other things. For example, the DeepMind AI used to play Go has been adapted to diagnose kidney injury by reusing much of the same code which was developed for the game. https://www.engadget.com/2016/11/22/nhs-deepmind-ai-app/ https://www.engadget.com/2016/11/22/nhs-deepmind-ai-app/