Well, the news this week had a dimension all its own, with IBM's simulation of
a 56 qubit processor that beats what Google currently has at 49 qubits, and
would run at 1 billion times faster than the schematic simulation itself does.
For me, I am not totally craving an intelligent Guy in a Box, which was what AI
was all about, but rather, a machine that scans all science papers and by ultra
fast combination and sorting, whips up new inventions and medicines, all on its
own.
-----Original Message-----
From: John Clark <johnkcl...@gmail.com>
To: everything-list <everything-list@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Sat, Oct 21, 2017 9:58 am
Subject: Re: An AI program that teaches itself
On Sat, Oct 21, 2017 at 12:33 AM, Brent Meeker <meeke...@verizon.net> wrote:
>
The problem is that, like most real problems, improving computer code has no
simple one-dimensional measure of "better". Go games are won or lost.
A computer program that does the same thing as another but is smaller and
executes faster is objectively better
; and although there is no guarantee small fast programs usually have fewer
bugs than large slow programs, and the bugs they do have are easier to find and
fix.
And if you complain that speed size and robustness are 3 dimensions not one
then try making the most money. That's the great thing about the Free Market,
one dimension rules them all.
John K Clark
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