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> I am quite confident that we’ll be able to make computer programs that perform specific complex tasks very well. But how do we make a computer program that d
by jcfrei 13y ago
> I am quite confident that we’ll be able to make computer programs that perform specific complex tasks very well. But how do we make a computer program that decides what it wants to do?
Are we so sure that "we" really are in charge of what we want to do? I believe a lot of our desires and ambitions are hardcoded into our brains and we just project them onto present goals, like getting a promotion or learning how to play the piano, etc. ultimately all these desires cater to the same few desires we always had and were born with: developing a sense of social belonging and intimacy.
See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belongingness http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belongingness
- idProQuo 13y agoThis is why the desire for Strong AI boggles my mind. In order for a computer to operate at a "human" level, it would need to make decisions based on things like ambition and fear and greed. It will also have to constantly make mistakes, just like we do. If it didn't have character flaws, it wouldn't be operating at a "human" level. But if it does have these character flaws, how useful would it really be compared to a real human? Is the quest for Strong AI just a Frankensteinian desire to create artificial life? I'm curious if there are any good papers looking into stuff like this.
- onnoonno 13y agoYeah. And what if the computer discovers that desire is pointless? Will it have a religion? Buddhism? Zen Buddhism? Why does quantum computing even exist if all forms of computing are equivalent?
- tim333 13y agoPresumably the AI in the Google cars must have something like a fear of crashing or hitting a pedestrian even if its just something like score that the algorithms calculate.