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> Is the large scale rollout of predictive algorithms really a bigger wave than those that have come previously? No of course it isn't. But because it's called
by retube 10y ago
> Is the large scale rollout of predictive algorithms really a bigger wave than those that have come previously?
No of course it isn't. But because it's called "artificial intelligence" instead of "conditional probability" or "regression" or something people think otherwise.
The reality is that this kind of technology will make us more productive, bring down the cost of products and services and make them available to a mass market, in exactly the same way literally every tech advance has done.
Of course some jobs and disciplines will be lost, but they will be replaced with different, higher skilled jobs. Just look at the range of disciplines and jobs that the web has created over the last 20 years. I mean just look at Google. The world's largest "AI" platform has spawned entire industries. No evidence this trend won't continue.
- RA_Fisher 10y agoIt seems like there's significant overlap between people that are afraid of AI and those that think e^x has a "knee in the curve." It's amazing they're not called out considering "the derivative of e^x is e^x" is memorized by HS calculus students daily. - [1] Elon Musk https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/702534707464896512 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/702534707464896512? - [2] Kurzweil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Singularity_Is_Near#Exponential_growth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Singularity_Is_Near#Expone... - [3] Gates apparently endorsed the book: http://www.growth-dynamics.com/articles/kurzweil.htm http://www.growth-dynamics.com/articles/kurzweil.htm
- orangutango 10y agoI like this visual explanation of the illusion/fallacy: http://www.abarry.org/knee.htm http://www.abarry.org/knee.htm
- RA_Fisher 10y agoIs the group-think in our industry really so bad that we can't call Musk on outing himself as failing basic calculus?