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It seems to me the heart of this discussion is objective functions -- the goals of parent organizations and emergent 'AIs' being created within their R&D depart
by randcraw 7y ago
It seems to me the heart of this discussion is objective functions -- the goals of parent organizations and emergent 'AIs' being created within their R&D departments. It's not clear that the current goals are coherent, that the funders (governments or FAANG corporations or billionaires) have a clear agenda aside from driving demand for their primary product, which is mostly advertising.
The East India Company knew what it wanted: profits derived from maximizing industries based on colonialist labor and raw materials. But what are the driving forces that will shape and direct AI-enabled industries, today and tomorrow?
- nefitty 7y agoWhat about AI-as-a-service?
- randcraw 7y agoSeems like AI-as-a-service would just delegate the AI objective function (OF) to someone else. But unless demand for smart services ignites into a business value multiplier (like elimination of existing human labor, maybe), I don't see it catalyzing downstream emergences of the kind Hillis et al were discussing. I think the Edge group is suggesting that AI might spawn unexpected forms of emergence in terms of social priorities behaviors or or movements, though they don't provide any examples (outside sci-fi) of what forms this might take.