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For whatever reason we seem to have set a very high expectation from AI as compared to NI (Natural Intelligence). I remember reading "There is a considerable o

For whatever reason we seem to have set a very high expectation from AI as compared to NI (Natural Intelligence). I remember reading "There is a considerable overlap between the intelligence of the smartest bears and the dumbest tourists."

worrycue 4y ago
We get our expectations from fiction. AIs in shows like Star Trek are precise and accurate - the perfect complement to the unreliability of humans. That’s what we want.
- highduc 4y ago
  You'd think, but most humans would rather have "someone" who's lying to them in a very pleasant manner. People don't like objective truth, they go to great lengths to avoid it.
- pzo 4y ago
  That's true and it's a high bar because it seems many people would expect AI to be at least as the smartest of human ever lived. However if the AI is the same smart as the most dumb human or human with mental disability would we then consider those humans as no intelligent at all or not qualifying as homo sapiens anymore? If AI can be the same as good as even 'dumb' human it's already a big achievement because can still provide some value and because AI can be scaled so you can still have billions of dumb AIs - already millions of users are interacting with chatGPT daily
acidioxide 4y ago
well, even the dumbest intelligence that is, in fact, just a computer, has a great potential. You cannot scale humans horizontally nor vertically :^)
ccozan 4y ago
An AI that is just a chat or some LLM is not going to be too relevant for human life ( thanks, I can google stuff or ask a friend; also writing poems is just fun, but not of any usefulness ). But where are my damn robots that I can assign task and do them reliably ( clean the garden, go get this list of groceries - or , just look in the damn fridge and go buy what is missing , and so on )? Then AI is useful.
- jhugo 4y ago
  > But where are my damn robots that I can assign task and do them reliably ( clean the garden, go get this list of groceries - or , just look in the damn fridge and go buy what is missing , and so on )? The amusing/terrifying thing is that AI is probably going to replace a bunch of people's jobs before it can take away any of that menial labour from them.

worrycue 4y ago

We get our expectations from fiction. AIs in shows like Star Trek are precise and accurate - the perfect complement to the unreliability of humans. That’s what we want.

highduc 4y ago
You'd think, but most humans would rather have "someone" who's lying to them in a very pleasant manner. People don't like objective truth, they go to great lengths to avoid it.
pzo 4y ago
That's true and it's a high bar because it seems many people would expect AI to be at least as the smartest of human ever lived. However if the AI is the same smart as the most dumb human or human with mental disability would we then consider those humans as no intelligent at all or not qualifying as homo sapiens anymore? If AI can be the same as good as even 'dumb' human it's already a big achievement because can still provide some value and because AI can be scaled so you can still have billions of dumb AIs - already millions of users are interacting with chatGPT daily

acidioxide 4y ago

well, even the dumbest intelligence that is, in fact, just a computer, has a great potential. You cannot scale humans horizontally nor vertically :^)

ccozan 4y ago

An AI that is just a chat or some LLM is not going to be too relevant for human life ( thanks, I can google stuff or ask a friend; also writing poems is just fun, but not of any usefulness ). But where are my damn robots that I can assign task and do them reliably ( clean the garden, go get this list of groceries - or , just look in the damn fridge and go buy what is missing , and so on )? Then AI is useful.

jhugo 4y ago
> But where are my damn robots that I can assign task and do them reliably ( clean the garden, go get this list of groceries - or , just look in the damn fridge and go buy what is missing , and so on )? The amusing/terrifying thing is that AI is probably going to replace a bunch of people's jobs before it can take away any of that menial labour from them.