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This just sounds like you defined “value” to mean “something only living things do and that machines don’t do”, and then said the reason machines can’t learn is
by md2020 5y ago
This just sounds like you defined “value” to mean “something only living things do and that machines don’t do”, and then said the reason machines can’t learn is because they can’t value. Seems like circular reasoning. I think if you’re putting humans, chimps, ducks, and caterpillars in the category “can value”, machines still belong on that axis. They’re far below caterpillar for now, but they’re there.
- chrischapman 5y agoThe ability to 'value a result' seems to me to be linked to consciousness. How do machines belong to that axis? Do you really think machines can value something in the same way you and I do? I would assume they can't (and may never). You could probably code an algorithm that simulates 'valuing a result', but I'm sceptical that the machine would actually value the result in the way you and I would. If it did, that would be astonishing as it would indicate (to me) that it's alive!