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Originally Posted by multiweb
Communication is just an interface doesn't affect the reasoning/problem solving bit. But I think you're right about emotions. That could be an issue.  |
True. But then there's the speed issue as well. We can think faster without reasoning involved. Machines can think faster for many tasks. Consciousness gets in the way for problem solving (which is why we don't physically compute the maths involved in the trajectory of a projectile aimed at us or aimed at our food/enemy.. your hands know exactly where to go to catch a ball, for instance without you having to calculate the physics involved consciously).
The human conscious layer is more like a CEO. It gets second by second reports of what's happened, is oblivious to the workforce and processes actually doing the work, and then thinks it's done the job
The old "decide to move your hand" experiment shows the signal is already on the way to your hand before you think you've made the choice to move said hand.
There are a million links on the many experiments done in this field, but here's one:
https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com...-and-movement/
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Originally Posted by Sunfish
I think that Dr Thompson shows a singular lack of imagination and the AI is correct . Nature is more powerful. AI is still just software, no matter how complex it seems, and like all systems can become moribund without providing what people prefer, external input or purpose and continued direction from people. People’s preferences and abilities are unpredictable.
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Nature is more powerful because it's had billions of years at it. It's very very good at what it does. If AI can fulfil the potential of a singularity within the next 1000 years, that's orders of magnitude faster than nature. And it will only increase exponentially after that.
This is an article from 2015, over two parts. If anyone's interested in learning this topic, this is a great start:
https://waitbutwhy.com/2015/01/artif...olution-1.html
https://waitbutwhy.com/2015/01/artif...olution-2.html
And on the subject of AI just being "software"... well, so are humans. We're just a software layer on top of an organic computer. We have coding (DNA), we have programming rules. We have inputs and outputs, our code can malfunction, we can get a virus, and we can be turned off with ease (hello Grim Reaper).