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Yes of course. I can control a calculator or a desktop computer. Both of those are orders of magnitude smarter than me at doing calculations. To understand why
by motters 12y ago
Yes of course. I can control a calculator or a desktop computer. Both of those are orders of magnitude smarter than me at doing calculations.
To understand why this is a silly question you need to unpack what is meant by "smarter" and to think about the very complex human/machine culture which we already exist within.
- ars 12y agoNo a calculator not smarter than you. It is merely faster. Smarter is a qualitative difference, not a quantitative. Among other things it is the ability to think of new ideas that no one has ever thought of before.
- shurcooL 12y agoMore so than just think, but to be able to act on them. A calculator, no matter how smart, isn't very scary because it doesn't have much in terms of output (unless it has wi-fi, then it can get to output through internet). A robotic factory full of saws and robots, or some missile center, etc, is scary even if it has the brains of a calculator because its output capabilities are significant.
- rl3 12y ago>Yes of course. I can control a calculator or a desktop computer. Both of those are orders of magnitude smarter than me at doing calculations. Your calculator and desktop computer, including the applications they run, may be considered forms of weak AI at best. This is because strong AI doesn't yet exist. As such, you can't really extrapolate. >To understand why this is a silly question you need to unpack what is meant by "smarter" and to think about the very complex human/machine culture which we already exist within. Ray Kurzweil's opinion is along these lines. I absolutely agree, except that the merging of human and machine intelligence (as is already happening) almost certainly will not preclude the possibility of unsafe AGI being brought into existence.