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Disclaimer: I have no expertise in AI. That said, I agree that learning how the brain works seems unimportant and unnecessary. Evolution doesn't know how a bra
by ridgeguy 9y ago
Disclaimer: I have no expertise in AI.
That said, I agree that learning how the brain works seems unimportant and unnecessary. Evolution doesn't know how a brain works, but it's given us Einstein, Michelangelo, and conversations on HN.
It seems really important to learn how to build evolution into attempts at AI, given that evolution is the only known mechanism that leads to what we recognize as intelligence.
- throwaway90001 9y ago> it's given us Einstein, Michelangelo, and conversations on HN two out of three ain't bad
- dragontamer 9y ago> It seems really important to learn how to build evolution into attempts at AI Genetic Algorithms is what you want to study. In particular, a good, easy to read book on the subject (almost in "novel" form) is "Blondie24: Playing at the Edge of AI"
- posterboy 9y ago>evoluyion doesn't you use antropomorphy to reflect on your own standpoint. we don't know how the brain works? we can feel it and psychologist have a huge body of work concerned with the topic and that is already having influence on competition and fitness.
- eutectic 9y agoYou could have made exactly that this argument about flight before the Wright brothers.