Why Machines Will Never Rule the World – Artificial Intelligence Without Fear

Re:Why Machines Will Never Rule the World – Artificial Intel... by bastawhiz on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @12:55PM (#32567727)

> Systems of this sort cannot be modelled mathematically

There's an amazing naive confidence required to say in absolute terms that something cannot be done. Essentially every great human achievement was considered impossible at one point.

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Re:Why Machines Will Never Rule the World – Artificial Intel... by anonporridge on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @01:29PM (#32568202)

“The growth of the Internet will slow drastically, as the flaw in ‘Metcalfe’s law’ becomes apparent: most people have nothing to say to each other! By 2005, it will become clear that the Internet’s impact on the economy has been no greater than the fax machine’s.” - Paul Krugman in 1998

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Re:Why Machines Will Never Rule the World – Artificial Intel... by jfengel on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @02:34PM (#32569148)

Krugman was right that most people have nothing to say to each other. He just didn't realize that it wouldn't stop them from talking, incessantly.

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Re:Why Machines Will Never Rule the World – Artificial Intel... by Morizero on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @01:23PM (#32568112)

"Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible" -Lord Kelvin, 1895

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Re:Why Machines Will Never Rule the World – Artificial Intel... by ta988 on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @10:30PM (#32574312)

To the defense of the authors that exact point is defended just after they expose their initial propositions. Their discussion is much deeper than what the comment above restricts it to.

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