> Most of contemporary AI is really just a combination of probability theory and some upper division math classes in an executable form. None of it is magic and

> Most of contemporary AI is really just a combination of probability theory and some upper division math classes in an executable form. None of it is magic and the more people that know the vocabulary the less likely people are to buy into the hype For those of us who think probability theory captures a large fraction of what intelligence does, this reads a lot like "don't believe the hype behind nuclear weapons! It's really just physics and some upper division chemistry in an explosive form. None of it is magic..." Maybe this argument will convince people who think that the human brain is magic? But for those of us who think that the human brain is not magic, but proof that general intelligence is actually computable and only needs 20 watts... If probability theory and upper division math in executable form is all it takes to be dangerous, that wouldn't be surprising. It only takes physics and upper division chemistry in explosive form to level a city, after all. Not magic.