Re:The Mixed Track Record of Machine Learning Algorithms
by pjmorris on Sunday October 14, 2018 @04:52PM
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> Issue for the future is that all interesting problems are beyond the comprehension of any human, so ... machine learning will win.
I agree that there's a set of problems that are both beyond human comprehension and interesting to humans. Specifying them, measuring the results of algorithms to solve them, and paying for the results will probably have to remain within human analytical capability, or you wind up with Skynet (unlikely), or some analog to the 'gray goo' problem, where machines are optimizing with unintended consequences.
I agree that there's a set of problems that are both beyond human comprehension and interesting to humans. Specifying them, measuring the results of algorithms to solve them, and paying for the results will probably have to remain within human analytical capability, or you wind up with Skynet (unlikely), or some analog to the 'gray goo' problem, where machines are optimizing with unintended consequences.