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Also at risk of being downvoted: If I had general_ai.exe or worlds_best_nlp.py, what should I do with it? It isn't even clear to me how they would be useful.

tommynicholas 10y ago
Why do you expect people will be trying to build a general_ai.exe? Vertical applications of machine learning and light-AI are what most private comapnies that are getting traction are doing today, while big-cos and universities (and things like OpenAI!) are funding the research that could lead to more generalizable AI.
- antons_ghost 10y ago
  People certainly talk about general_ai.exe. Often I imagine I had a technology such as general artificial intelligence or world-class NLP. Perhaps I lack imagination, but I have not yet thought of an exciting application. These are tools, much like Perl scripts, and it is not clear to me which will displace more jobs during my life.
  - tommynicholas 10y ago
    Not serious people in any near-term way. Even bullish AI folks think general AI is MINIMUM of 10, more likely 50-100 years away.
dontreact 10y ago
Turn it on and ask it your question? But seriously, narrower forms of AI are useful for things like self-driving cars.
- antons_ghost 10y ago
  In this thread, I have posed the question to general (biological) intelligence, since I do not have access to general artificial intelligence.
karmicthreat 10y ago
You would never give away general_ai.exe at most you would rent it as a service. If its capabilities were linear with computing power you would just have it exponentially fund its own capabilities. Start by having it operate as a poker bot, run mechanical turk, do data analysis, imitate a software development contracting business. Then as capital accumulates add more capacity. Even if general_ai.exe doesn't get smarter than a human but can just perform more operations its probably the biggest opportunity ever.

tommynicholas 10y ago

Why do you expect people will be trying to build a general_ai.exe? Vertical applications of machine learning and light-AI are what most private comapnies that are getting traction are doing today, while big-cos and universities (and things like OpenAI!) are funding the research that could lead to more generalizable AI.

antons_ghost 10y ago
People certainly talk about general_ai.exe. Often I imagine I had a technology such as general artificial intelligence or world-class NLP. Perhaps I lack imagination, but I have not yet thought of an exciting application. These are tools, much like Perl scripts, and it is not clear to me which will displace more jobs during my life.
- tommynicholas 10y ago
  Not serious people in any near-term way. Even bullish AI folks think general AI is MINIMUM of 10, more likely 50-100 years away.

dontreact 10y ago

Turn it on and ask it your question? But seriously, narrower forms of AI are useful for things like self-driving cars.

antons_ghost 10y ago
In this thread, I have posed the question to general (biological) intelligence, since I do not have access to general artificial intelligence.

karmicthreat 10y ago

You would never give away general_ai.exe at most you would rent it as a service. If its capabilities were linear with computing power you would just have it exponentially fund its own capabilities. Start by having it operate as a poker bot, run mechanical turk, do data analysis, imitate a software development contracting business. Then as capital accumulates add more capacity. Even if general_ai.exe doesn't get smarter than a human but can just perform more operations its probably the biggest opportunity ever.