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> What's currently called "AI" is not that much different from that program. It's pretty significantly different to that program, both in terms of scope, compl
by Closi 5y ago
> What's currently called "AI" is not that much different from that program.
It's pretty significantly different to that program, both in terms of scope, complexity and output.
I'm going to assume by "person" we mean some kind of intelligence which appears to be self-aware, or that can interact with humans to make it difficult to distinguish between human and machine (what's a human in terms of thinking, if a machine can output the same thoughts?)
We aren't anywhere near there yet, but if you contrast the 1981 chess program's ability to be considered a "person" vs GPT-3's ability to be considered a "person", the second is substantially closer to that end position.
- Peritract 5y agoIt's significantly different in degree, but not in kind. Modern ML is vastly more complex, capable, and widely-applicable than the first chess programs, but it's not intelligent, and doesn't have any greater ability to be 'considered a person'. An aeroplane is a much more complex, capable, and widely-applicable vehicle than a bicycle, but it's no more human or more generally intelligent.