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The problem is this conception of superintelligence as something that comes after general artificial intelligence. Superintelligence is irrelevant. We'll have s

The problem is this conception of superintelligence as something that comes after general artificial intelligence. Superintelligence is irrelevant. We'll have superaptitude before general AI, and that will be enough. One of the important principles of design is that specialized solutions are better than general ones. The tasks humans are hired to perform by employers, and the processes which can be used to break democracy by exploiting big data, are far more constrained than the scope of cognition required to pass the Turing test.

Houshalter 10y ago
Many, maybe even most, interesting tasks in AI can't be done without general intelligence. Specialized AI can only do very limited, simple tasks, that require little thinking or understanding. That's cool, but it's hardly an existential threat like superintelligence is.
RogtamBar 10y ago
You forget that democracy has always been broken, by design. >>The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. ...We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of. This is a logical result of the way in which our democratic society is organized. Vast numbers of human beings must cooperate in this manner if they are to live together as a smoothly functioning society. ...In almost every act of our daily lives, whether in the sphere of politics or business, in our social conduct or our ethical thinking, we are dominated by the relatively small number of persons...who understand the mental processes and social patterns of the masses. It is they who pull the wires which control the public mind.<< The current fit on part of the intellectuals and media is due to them having lost this power to control the narrative and ideas because they failed to adapt to the new media which have replaced the old.
- philipov 10y ago
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Houshalter 10y ago

Many, maybe even most, interesting tasks in AI can't be done without general intelligence. Specialized AI can only do very limited, simple tasks, that require little thinking or understanding. That's cool, but it's hardly an existential threat like superintelligence is.

RogtamBar 10y ago

You forget that democracy has always been broken, by design. >>The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. ...We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of. This is a logical result of the way in which our democratic society is organized. Vast numbers of human beings must cooperate in this manner if they are to live together as a smoothly functioning society. ...In almost every act of our daily lives, whether in the sphere of politics or business, in our social conduct or our ethical thinking, we are dominated by the relatively small number of persons...who understand the mental processes and social patterns of the masses. It is they who pull the wires which control the public mind.<< The current fit on part of the intellectuals and media is due to them having lost this power to control the narrative and ideas because they failed to adapt to the new media which have replaced the old.

philipov 10y ago
citation for the quote?