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That's the AI effect! It says that every breakthrough in AI, once accomplished, forces us to reclassify the accomplishment as no longer being AI or intelligenc
by didibus 7y ago
That's the AI effect!
It says that every breakthrough in AI, once accomplished, forces us to reclassify the accomplishment as no longer being AI or intelligence. I'd suggest reading the full wikipedia article, but I quote:
> As soon as AI successfully solves a problem, the problem is no longer a part of AI. [...] practical AI successes, computational programs that actually achieved intelligent behavior, were soon assimilated into whatever application domain they were found to be useful in, and became silent partners alongside other problem-solving approaches, which left AI researchers to deal only with the "failures", the tough nuts that couldn't yet be cracked. [...] A lot of cutting edge AI has filtered into general applications, often without being called AI because once something becomes useful enough and common enough it's not labelled AI anymore.
What happens when "strong" AI turns out to just be "wtv technique will finally yield the full spectrum of human intelligence"? The AI effect will be back claiming it's not AI, but just "wtv technique" was used to achieve the outcome.
- mannykannot 7y agoThe people who point out that AI has not yet replicated key aspects of human intelligence are merely stating facts. There is no basis for saying that they would necessarily do so even if and when this is no longer the case. What is the point of making such an allegation? It looks rather like an attempt at building a straw man: "claims that AI isn't there yet can be ignored because these people will never be satisfied."