Re:AlphaGo Is Not AI
by pron on Monday March 20, 2017 @04:47AM
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> So yes, even algorithms which do not adapt their behaviors by learning, but can imitate intelligent human behavior to some extent would be weak AI
Replacing various human thought capabilities has been the goal of computers and algorithms since Turing and von Neumann.
> in that they find ways to even outperform a human, by themselves, through the learning process
Computers have been outperforming humans in many tasks since the moment of their creation. Some animals learn some things better than humans. Are they more intelligent?
> Machine Learning is seen as the be all, end all of AI.
I think it is seen as that mostly by non-experts, and generally by those who just want to believe we're close.
> At the same time, having a way to automate decision making of a single simple task is huge in terms of potential. There's so many things we can automate through this, and if we combine them, you can create even more complex autonomous machines.
Sure, I just don't see what any of this has to do with intelligence. Bacteria are autonomous, and so is the weather. The universe, too, for that matter. None of those is particularly intelligent.
Replacing various human thought capabilities has been the goal of computers and algorithms since Turing and von Neumann.
> in that they find ways to even outperform a human, by themselves, through the learning process
Computers have been outperforming humans in many tasks since the moment of their creation. Some animals learn some things better than humans. Are they more intelligent?
> Machine Learning is seen as the be all, end all of AI.
I think it is seen as that mostly by non-experts, and generally by those who just want to believe we're close.
> At the same time, having a way to automate decision making of a single simple task is huge in terms of potential. There's so many things we can automate through this, and if we combine them, you can create even more complex autonomous machines.
Sure, I just don't see what any of this has to do with intelligence. Bacteria are autonomous, and so is the weather. The universe, too, for that matter. None of those is particularly intelligent.