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Why human intelligence and AI will co-evolve

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Re: Why human intelligence and AI will co-evolve

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Why do people think they can build anything worthy of the name "AI" by just fucking around with neural networks instead of by specifying exactly what sort of models and exactly what sort of inference constitute "intelligence" in the first place?

It's like trying to build an airplane by studying hang-gliders instead of aerodynamics.

Re: Why human intelligence and AI will co-evolve

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> It is easy to forget that the computer revolution was led by a handful of geniuses: individuals with truly unusual cognitive ability. Great man theory needs to be strangled and put to rest.

It will take a visionary with rare courage and skill to put the Great Man theory to rest.

Re: Why human intelligence and AI will co-evolve

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> It is easy to forget that the computer revolution was led by a handful of geniuses: individuals with truly unusual cognitive ability. Great man theory needs to be strangled and put to rest.

I thought it already was put to rest by nautil.us http://nautil.us/issue/21/information/the-man-who-tried-to-r...

In summary, 1000+ IQ man will discover life is illogical and depressing. He won't do much good when he's so depressed.

Re: Why human intelligence and AI will co-evolve

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Why do people think they can build anything worthy of the name "AI" by just fucking around with neural networks instead of by specifying exactly what sort of models and exactly what sort of inference constitute "intelligence" in the first place? It's like trying to build an airplane by studying hang-gliders instead of aerodynamics.

Because we're at such a basic level in our understanding of how intelligence works that these crude hang-glider models are our best way to learn the basics.

AI researchers spent decades trying to formulate definitions and models purely theoretically, and it turned out those theories were not super useful in building out modeling real systems. The toy models are essential.

Re: Why human intelligence and AI will co-evolve

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Why do people think they can build anything worthy of the name "AI" by just fucking around with neural networks instead of by specifying exactly what sort of models and exactly what sort of inference constitute "intelligence" in the first place? It's like trying to build an airplane by studying hang-gliders instead of aerodynamics.

The Wright brothers started off by building gliders before they built the first airplane. So why is this approach the wrong one?

Re: Why human intelligence and AI will co-evolve

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> It is easy to forget that the computer revolution was led by a handful of geniuses: individuals with truly unusual cognitive ability. Great man theory needs to be strangled and put to rest.

I thought it already was put to rest by nautil.us http://nautil.us/issue/21/information/the-man-who-tried-to-r... In summary, 1000+ IQ man will discover life is illogical and depressing. He won't do much good when he's so depressed.

Damnit that was depressing.

Re: Why human intelligence and AI will co-evolve

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Why do people think they can build anything worthy of the name "AI" by just fucking around with neural networks instead of by specifying exactly what sort of models and exactly what sort of inference constitute "intelligence" in the first place? It's like trying to build an airplane by studying hang-gliders instead of aerodynamics.

Baby steps.

Re: Why human intelligence and AI will co-evolve

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Why do people think they can build anything worthy of the name "AI" by just fucking around with neural networks instead of by specifying exactly what sort of models and exactly what sort of inference constitute "intelligence" in the first place? It's like trying to build an airplane by studying hang-gliders instead of aerodynamics.

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