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Perhaps, but then because it's strong AI, wouldn't it be capable of gathering and applying resources toward improving and reproducing itself? Even if it's very

by kyllo 12y ago

Perhaps, but then because it's strong AI, wouldn't it be capable of gathering and applying resources toward improving and reproducing itself? Even if it's very expensive and slow at first, theoretically it would be smart enough to work on making itself faster, cheaper, and better. Perhaps I've seen too many science fiction movies, like Transcendence, but I thought that was basically what was meant by "strong AI."

wtallis 12y ago
It's assumed that strong AI will be able to improve itself, in an exponential fashion according to Moore's Law. But an AI still has to overcome the same very real challenges that we humans face in trying to build ever-faster computers. A strong AI can only work magic on the software problems; it can't make ultrapure silicon crystals grow any faster and it can't make electron leakage just disappear. It still faces the same risk of silicon semiconductors being fundamentally unable to scale to the performance level required, forcing humans or AI to start over with an alternative computing substrate. It can't solve any of these hardware challenges overnight because they require physical experimentation. So I think it's reasonable to think that the development of a strong AI won't change things overnight and we could see decades of lag between first having a computer capable of strong AI at any speed and having a strong AI that outpaces humans.