Re:Sergey Brin warns of AI threats through a 'technology ren...
by freehunter on Monday April 30, 2018 @08:37AM
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>general intelligence "smarter" than humans
I read a book recently called "Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?"[1] Very fascinating thought that, in my mind, redefines what I think of as "intelligence". The book Superintelligence[2] gets a little bit into this as well.
Basically, if we define "smarter than humans" as "able to do everything humans do, in the manner humans do them, but faster", then we have no idea what intelligence actually means. AI will be another species (not just a better human) and its intelligence would have to be judged based on its own merits.
Perfectly modeling the human brain in computer form is one avenue that computer science is working on. Artificial intelligence is a completely different path, and does not have to model human intelligence in any way.
I read a book recently called "Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?"[1] Very fascinating thought that, in my mind, redefines what I think of as "intelligence". The book Superintelligence[2] gets a little bit into this as well.
Basically, if we define "smarter than humans" as "able to do everything humans do, in the manner humans do them, but faster", then we have no idea what intelligence actually means. AI will be another species (not just a better human) and its intelligence would have to be judged based on its own merits.
Perfectly modeling the human brain in computer form is one avenue that computer science is working on. Artificial intelligence is a completely different path, and does not have to model human intelligence in any way.
[1] https://smile.amazon.com/Are-Smart-Enough-Know-Animals/dp/03...
[2] https://smile.amazon.com/Superintelligence-Dangers-Strategie...