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Another case of moving the goal posts. It used to be thought that only humans could play chess, as chess playing was seen as a mark of human intelligence, then
by pmoriarty 4y ago
Another case of moving the goal posts.
It used to be thought that only humans could play chess, as chess playing was seen as a mark of human intelligence, then when computers could play chess it was thought only humans could play chess well, and when computers could play chess well it was argued that computers couldn't beat the best of human chess players, so humans were ahead. But then computers started to beat the best hummer chess players. So the sights were next set on Go, which went through the same cycle, but much faster until computers could outplay the best human Go players.
The evolution of AI is littered with such hurdles that computers overcame time and time again, but the goal posts keep moving.
We should note that some humans can't do the things you ask for either... or not well, and if they can they don't always do so (most people speak in cliches, for instance, so could be said to be "just reshuffling words"), and, anyway, computers are quite capable of generating randomness, which is definitely "new" in some sense.
- simonh 4y agoSo what's the answer to the goal post problem, should we accept Deep Blue as being a fully human level AI intelligence? Maybe we should grant it citizenship. I'm not sure what conclusion you're alluding to but not stating.
- pmoriarty 4y agoIt's unlikely politics will be able to control strong AI either. That may be where politics, and humanity as a whole, may finally meet its match.
- simonh 4y agoOh I agree, true strong AI that's actually beyond human cognitive capabilities, will by definition be beyond human control. You can't control something that is comprehensively beyond your own limitations, in the long term anyway. That's why the alignment problem in AI is an existential issue for us.
- pmoriarty 4y agoEven the primitive, weak AIs we have now are already way beyond human capabilites in many ways. One they acquire the je ne sais quoi of consciousness, we're toast.