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I think this is giving humanity way too much credit. We're only going to care about profitable ideas that algorithms come up with. Imagine an electronic intell
by jpxxx 14y ago
I think this is giving humanity way too much credit. We're only going to care about profitable ideas that algorithms come up with.
Imagine an electronic intelligence with a profound understanding of TV shows. Who would possibly want to hear what it has to say?
- saulrh 14y agoWho would possibly want to hear what it has to say? Television executives. Everything has an application, and many fewer of those applications are useless than you'd think. Plus there are higher-order effects to consider, mostly related to the tools people develop to attack interesting problems. The classic example is the space race: how useful is it to be able to fire four-hundred-foot-tall fuel tanks into space?
- mrcsparker 14y agoI would. An electronic intelligence with a profound understanding of anything would be interesting. If I said that, in the next room, there was a computer with a profound understanding of TV shows - wouldn't you be interested? That would be fascinating.