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What you describe is a general aritificial intelligence[0]. From what I can tell, the industry is ridiculously far away from that - it's not even certain whethe

What you describe is a general aritificial intelligence[0]. From what I can tell, the industry is ridiculously far away from that - it's not even certain whether general intellgence "smarter" than humans can be achieved with computers at all. Nonetheless, the media likes to generate some hype and fear every now and then, and has done so for decades, usually without even a basic understanding of underlying technology. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_general_intelligence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_general_intelligenc...

tim333 8y ago
At least that link has a fairly clear definition for AGI as "successfully perform any intellectual task that a human being can." Estimates seem to be in the 10-100 year range. It may not be all that long. https://medium.com/ai-revolution/when-will-the-first-machine-become-superintelligent-ae5a6f128503 https://medium.com/ai-revolution/when-will-the-first-machine...
freehunter 8y ago
>general intelligence "smarter" than humans I read a book recently called "Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?"[1] Very fascinating thought that, in my mind, redefines what I think of as "intelligence". The book Superintelligence[2] gets a little bit into this as well. Basically, if we define "smarter than humans" as "able to do everything humans do, in the manner humans do them, but faster", then we have no idea what intelligence actually means. AI will be another species (not just a better human) and its intelligence would have to be judged based on its own merits. Perfectly modeling the human brain in computer form is one avenue that computer science is working on. Artificial intelligence is a completely different path, and does not have to model human intelligence in any way. [1] https://smile.amazon.com/Are-Smart-Enough-Know-Animals/dp/0393353664 https://smile.amazon.com/Are-Smart-Enough-Know-Animals/dp/03... [2] https://smile.amazon.com/Superintelligence-Dangers-Strategies-Nick-Bostrom/dp/0198739834 https://smile.amazon.com/Superintelligence-Dangers-Strategie...
austincheney 8y ago
I think if the goal is to be smarter than anything else the goal is already hopelessly failed to a bias. The goal is to achieve originality first. Smarter is something that can be qualified later.

tim333 8y ago

At least that link has a fairly clear definition for AGI as "successfully perform any intellectual task that a human being can." Estimates seem to be in the 10-100 year range. It may not be all that long. https://medium.com/ai-revolution/when-will-the-first-machine-become-superintelligent-ae5a6f128503 https://medium.com/ai-revolution/when-will-the-first-machine...

freehunter 8y ago

>general intelligence "smarter" than humans I read a book recently called "Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?"[1] Very fascinating thought that, in my mind, redefines what I think of as "intelligence". The book Superintelligence[2] gets a little bit into this as well. Basically, if we define "smarter than humans" as "able to do everything humans do, in the manner humans do them, but faster", then we have no idea what intelligence actually means. AI will be another species (not just a better human) and its intelligence would have to be judged based on its own merits. Perfectly modeling the human brain in computer form is one avenue that computer science is working on. Artificial intelligence is a completely different path, and does not have to model human intelligence in any way. [1] https://smile.amazon.com/Are-Smart-Enough-Know-Animals/dp/0393353664 https://smile.amazon.com/Are-Smart-Enough-Know-Animals/dp/03... [2] https://smile.amazon.com/Superintelligence-Dangers-Strategies-Nick-Bostrom/dp/0198739834 https://smile.amazon.com/Superintelligence-Dangers-Strategie...

austincheney 8y ago

I think if the goal is to be smarter than anything else the goal is already hopelessly failed to a bias. The goal is to achieve originality first. Smarter is something that can be qualified later.