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You're getting downvoted with a lot of rebutting comments, so I'll jump in to your defense. This is obviously not true AI, but powerful image recognition is on

You're getting downvoted with a lot of rebutting comments, so I'll jump in to your defense. This is obviously not true AI, but powerful image recognition is one of the holy grails of the original AI quest. Reaching human level (and likely above-human level soon) image recognition capabilities will not unleash the singularity, but I don't think anyone knows how many steps lie between achieving this sub-step and achieving the final goal. Certainly visual recognition is a huge component of mammalian brains (both in terms of brain volume and in terms of behavior). Even more worrying, Microsoft claims that this same technology can be applied to sound recognition, and it doesn't seem unlikely that it could cover all senses, given proper inputs. If this all holds up and gets polished, this effectively marks the first major step in human-like AI. Again, how many steps remain no one knows, but we should absolutely take notice of results like this and seek better arguments one way or the other. Saying "nuh-uh" won't change the way this research unfolds, and does us no favors for preparing for it as it matures.

thefreeman 12y ago
Thanks. I probably should not have referenced Singularity, and should phrased my original sentiment better. I understand that we are nowhere near building AI's that can model the human brain and thought process accurately. But I do think that there will be a point, far before that, at which point machines / ai's will have the ability to improve themselves outside of the algorithms programmed into them. At that point, I think there is definitely the possibility for an exponentially growing increase in their sophistication, far far faster then humans have the ability to learn and develop. This is due to the fact that AI's never have to rest, never get tired or forget things, and could potentially have the entire world of networked devices and information at its disposal. Anyway, I pretty much accepted that I was probably going to tank some down votes when I made my original post. But I achieved my main goal of seeing some interesting points / discussion about the feasibility of such a claim.

thefreeman 12y ago

Thanks. I probably should not have referenced Singularity, and should phrased my original sentiment better. I understand that we are nowhere near building AI's that can model the human brain and thought process accurately. But I do think that there will be a point, far before that, at which point machines / ai's will have the ability to improve themselves outside of the algorithms programmed into them. At that point, I think there is definitely the possibility for an exponentially growing increase in their sophistication, far far faster then humans have the ability to learn and develop. This is due to the fact that AI's never have to rest, never get tired or forget things, and could potentially have the entire world of networked devices and information at its disposal. Anyway, I pretty much accepted that I was probably going to tank some down votes when I made my original post. But I achieved my main goal of seeing some interesting points / discussion about the feasibility of such a claim.