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The fundamental problem humans will have with strong AI is that it won't be able to properly rationalize it's actions. Sure you'll have a statistical model for
by narrator 12y ago
The fundamental problem humans will have with strong AI is that it won't be able to properly rationalize it's actions. Sure you'll have a statistical model for why it did what it did but that means about as much to anybody as a numerical reification of the quantum states of every particle of a person's mind at the time they made a decision.
- TuringTest 12y agoWho says they won't be able to? In fact, rationalizing may be the easiest part - the rules of logic are few, and computers are very good at using them fast. Building new concepts from raw inputs is the difficult part at which humans are better, but now computers are showing that they may be able to do that too.
- baddox 12y agoWhen you say "rationalize its actions," are you referring to some mechanism in the inner workings of the brain/software? Or are you just talking about saying things that help humans understand why an action was chosen? I maintain that there is no distinction between the two, and it's quite conceivable that an AI could take an action then say something that helps humans understand why that action was chosen.
- Houshalter 12y agoIf an AI can speak it can tell humans why it did what it did. But it's impossible to look through it's brain and see for yourself. To see if it's telling to truth or exaggerating or rationalizing.
- baddox 12y agoThat's also true of humans.