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Ask HN: To what extent is it possible to build common sense into a machine?
- allears 8y agoA silly question, because it is so vague. What do you mean by "common sense"? How do you define a "machine"? Even if you're talking about humans, no one can agree on what is "common sense".
- julienreszka 8y agoCan anybody agree on anything anyways.
- PaulHoule 8y agoOne thing: how much of common sense comes from having a body, the experience of being in a body, living in the world, etc?
- julienreszka 8y agoI believe common sense is the inertia in the expectations that one has regarding the transformation that one can apply on object in the world. Having a body makes it easier to have an identity and differentiate objects in the world I guess.
- LinuxBender 8y agoI think what you mean is error handling? If so, a team of humans must predict the error conditions that need to be handled and how to handle them with as much grace as feasible. Or are you talking about AI/ML?
- julienreszka 8y agoI'm talking about AI/ML.
- LinuxBender 8y agoAt a high level, it depends on how much processing power this machine has, how many development, mathematical and scientific resources you are allocating to this machine. With infinite money, one could certainly put together a team to make a machine with common sense.
- AnimalMuppet 8y agoI have the same objection that allears had: Until you have a definition of "common sense", no, you can't - not even with infinite money. Even with such a definition... let's just say your position "assumes facts not in evidence", as they say in court of law.
- LinuxBender 8y agoAgreed. I am assuming (I make too many assumptions) that the definition of common sense is part of the project, with some stated tests/goals being a success criteria. Otherwise, one could never complete anything.
- AnimalMuppet 8y agoWith infinite money, we might actually be able to come up with a definition of common sense. I was assuming (hey, I do it too!) that you were thinking there was already an adequate one, and I was disagreeing with what I assumed you thought.