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Don't know about you but I find that comforting. Personally, I'm not into ML or other AI tech. My opinion is that a pocket calculator is an immensely useful th
by tannhaeuser 9y ago
Don't know about you but I find that comforting.
Personally, I'm not into ML or other AI tech. My opinion is that a pocket calculator is an immensely useful thing since it assists humans at what they aren't great at. At the same time, I have my reservations about sentiment analysis or whatever ML is used for in advertisement, and also about intelligent voice assistants (Ok Google, Siri, Alexa and Co.) and chatbot-like AIs since they don't provide essential value to me, but leave an uncomfortable impression of mocking human behavior.
OTOH, my conservative views don't help "advancement of humanity" (sorry about pompousness) in the very long term. I believe humanity will need to genetically re-engineer themselves and use hybrid/cyborg implants to "conquer" the universe, a place where our evolutionary gifts are no longer necessary.
- CuriouslyC 9y agoOur evolutionary gift isn't intelligence, it's adaptability. We are by far the most adaptable species on the planet. The big brain is just one of the mechanisms we use to achieve it. That is never going to stop being useful. I don't think two way implants are ever going to be a "thing" the way they're portrayed in fiction. Every brain is so different that it would have to be wired completely differently in each case. On the other hand, one way implants that allow a computer to "read" your mind are totally feasible and will definitely happen in our lifetimes. I doubt the resolution will get good enough that they'll be super useful for regular people, but they may help disabled people, and they'll create a much shorter feedback loop between man and machine that will be useful for specific tasks.