{"id":359,"date":"2015-05-21T05:35:45","date_gmt":"2015-05-21T12:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jjkpryde.com\/blog\/?p=359"},"modified":"2016-02-21T03:29:10","modified_gmt":"2016-02-21T11:29:10","slug":"ai-vs-the-human-computer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jjkpryde.com\/blog\/ai-vs-the-human-computer\/","title":{"rendered":"AI vs the Human Computer"},"content":{"rendered":"

“A more perfect analogy would be if you consider nuclear research, with its potential for a very dangerous weapon. Releasing the energy is easy; containing that energy safely is very difficult. And so I think the right emphasis for AI research is on AI safety.”\u00a0 – Elon Musk (1)<\/p>\n

“We have a general purpose learning algorithm that evolution has endowed us with, and it\u2019s running in an extremely slow computer. Very limited memory size, ability to send data to other computers, we have to use this funny mouth thing here\u2026Whenever we build a new one it starts over and it doesn\u2019t know how to walk…as soon as this algorithm [points to head], taking experience and turning it into knowledge, which is so amazing and which we have not done in software, as soon as you do that, it\u2019s not clear you\u2019ll even know when you\u2019re just at the human level…So I try not to get too exercised about this but when people say it\u2019s not a problem, then I really start to [shakes head] get to a point of disagreement. How can they not see what a huge challenge this is?” – Bill Gates (1)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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There is an instinctive reaction to hearing someone, who is vastly superior to your own intellect, express fear or doubt about a new technology that evokes mild episodes of internal terror, calmed somewhat by the assurance that this eventuality will likely take place shortly after your expected lifetime.
\n(1) http:\/\/lukemuehlhauser.com\/musk-and-gates-on-superintelligence-and-fast-takeoff\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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There are also strong counter arguments based on the scale of difference between actual human brain complexity and that of current AI systems.
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\u201cAmoebae hunt. Amoebae remember the places they\u2019ve found food. Amoebae choose which direction to propel themselves with their flagella. All of those suggest that amoebae do far more information processing than the simulated neurons used in current research. \u00a0If a single celled micro-organism is more complex than our simulations of neurons, that makes me suspect that our simulations aren\u2019t yet right.”(2)<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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It seems that opinion as well as scientific inquiry is driven by imagination, sometimes in the form of science fiction writing.<\/div>\n
Thus, it’s always a good idea to balance safety concerns, ranging from wearing protective clothing to considering the social implications of a particular technology, with development of basic science as the tool for advancement of civilization.\u00a0 These twin goals cannot be pursued in absence of valid information about the actual status and direction of reality.<\/div>\n
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(1) http:\/\/lukemuehlhauser.com\/musk-and-gates-on-superintelligence-and-fast-takeoff\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

(2) http:\/\/rameznaam.com\/2015\/05\/12\/the-singularity-is-further-than-it-appears\/<\/a><\/div>\n
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