Re:The Limits of Machine Learning
by TheOtherHobbes on Monday September 26, 2016 @07:50PM
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Because it would be interesting to solve a wider class of problems. And having a deeper insight helps define which data to look at.
Having said that - I'm always bemused that AI is supposed to compete with a hypothetical single human brain, and that the Turing Test is supposed to prove we have AI when we can build a brain that appears human.
Learning is a social activity, not an individual one. Individual brains are useless without social training and access to culture.
And some humans are actually quite stupid.
A machine that passes the Turning Test for a hypothetical middle-of-the-bell curve human isn't so interesting a thing.
Having said that - I'm always bemused that AI is supposed to compete with a hypothetical single human brain, and that the Turing Test is supposed to prove we have AI when we can build a brain that appears human.
Learning is a social activity, not an individual one. Individual brains are useless without social training and access to culture.
And some humans are actually quite stupid.
A machine that passes the Turning Test for a hypothetical middle-of-the-bell curve human isn't so interesting a thing.