Re:The Myth of a Superhuman AI
by skybrian on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @09:53PM
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It’s still the case that computer programs can be copied and restored from backup today, and we aren’t going to have Star Trek transporters any time soon.
Even if it does take an enormous investment and many years to train a computer to do a task, you can make as many copies as you want and everyone can have one. Educating people doesn’t have that kind of payoff.
That’s why you see billions spent in the effort to make a self-driving car. But it turns out that real-world experience isn’t enough, so far. Waymo has collected > 20 million miles of driving experience.
It’s not enough because machine learning is very inefficient at learning from experience. That could improve, though.
Even if it does take an enormous investment and many years to train a computer to do a task, you can make as many copies as you want and everyone can have one. Educating people doesn’t have that kind of payoff.
That’s why you see billions spent in the effort to make a self-driving car. But it turns out that real-world experience isn’t enough, so far. Waymo has collected > 20 million miles of driving experience.
It’s not enough because machine learning is very inefficient at learning from experience. That could improve, though.