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Back in the day computers that were basically electronic people that never made mistakes were "just around the corner". Now we're resurrecting those philosophic
by notahacker 5y ago
Back in the day computers that were basically electronic people that never made mistakes were "just around the corner". Now we're resurrecting those philosophical debates and literary tropes because ML processes can beat humans at Go and analysing protein folding.
Just because an algorithm is extremely useful to science in conjunction with the right dataset doesn't mean it isn't silly to pretend it's any more of a person than a microscope or a pocket calculator.
- danbruc 5y agoArtificial intelligence, even general artificial intelligence, does not have to be human in any way. Unless you specifically want to define general artificial intelligence to mean humanlike intelligence. And it seems more likely that we will eventually unterstand that there is no special sauce in humans than that we will one day find a hidden secret that, if incorporated into a computer, will suddenly make it a true artificial intelligence or artificial person. Humans are probably closer to calculators than humans like.
- notahacker 5y agoAn discussion on giving AI Nobel prizes seems to be quite explicitly treating it as humanlike. Regardless of what can and can't be accomplished with ML processes, I don't think the warm fuzzy feeling of satisfaction from Nobel recognition factors into their output