Re:Jeff Hawkins: Thousand Brains Theory of Intelligence [video]
by gnode on Monday July 01, 2019 @02:07PM
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I'd modify your metaphor slightly:
Government = The farmer
AI = Plant-based diet
Naively, everyone eating a plant-based diet is great for sheep, but it's hard to imagine a world where the farmer still feeds them.
Re:Jeff Hawkins: Thousand Brains Theory of Intelligence [video]
by clmul on Monday July 01, 2019 @02:47PM
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Governments and corporations are nothing without your Average Joe, in fact, they are just a collection of Average Joes. So I fail to see the analogy here.
Re:Jeff Hawkins: Thousand Brains Theory of Intelligence [video]
by DuskStar on Monday July 01, 2019 @03:04PM
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In this situation, heads of state and corporate executives are as much 'Average Joes' as kings and queens were a few centuries ago.
Re:Jeff Hawkins: Thousand Brains Theory of Intelligence [video]
by clmul on Monday July 01, 2019 @03:15PM
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Yes, but a government and a corporation is much more than their head of state and corporate executive. If the actions of the government have a significant negative effect on a majority of the population, you can be quite sure that the government will be overturned at some point.
Re:Jeff Hawkins: Thousand Brains Theory of Intelligence [video]
by DuskStar on Monday July 01, 2019 @04:12PM
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Who's going to do the overturning, though? If all you need is mental labor and capital, and AIs can supply mental labor for anyone... Well, the current holders of capital are going to have quite the advantage.
Government and corporations are the ones who will make that call.
Government = Wolf
Corporation = Fox
Average Joe = Sheep
Most of the sheep are protected by a cage; it takes a lot of mental power to operate in the increasingly technical world we've created.
Solve AI and you've removed that cage. Sure we'll still need some sheep but no where near as many as we have right now. Most will be made redundant.
The sheep today that are living fulfilling and happy lives because of their ability to process knowledge marvel at the possibilities of AI and how it could push the species forward but forget to consider what their own role would be in a world where machines are both stronger and infinitely smarter than any human.