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I find this a fascinating area of research, however a prediction of my dad's always comes to mind. "A computer as intelligent as a human will take 18 years to '

• mixmax 17y ago
  Not of it's a computer doing the programming
  • anonjon 17y ago
    If it is programming is it still a computer or is it a programmer? Computer with a human-like brain seems to be a bit of an oxymoron in that respect.
• EvilTrout 17y ago
  That may be true, but presumably it could be copied and run in separate instances instantly, just like modern software. That limitation might disappear pretty quickly :)
• glymor 17y ago
  I know that's just supposed to be a piece of folky wisdom but it doesn't represent a very good understanding of how different AI is from our normal expectations. It's not Data on Startrek. There's no reason for them to be walking around talking. You plug it directly into whatever you want it to understand: weather readings, big data sets, etc. You can 'program' it just as fast as it's processors allow it to consume. The analogy is how humans understand language or music although it's still far more direct. Humans don't represent a upper bound on intelligence. The question isn't a computer as smart as a human, it's one several orders of magnitude faster or slower than one.