> On Jan 31, 2017, at 7:32 AM, Steven A Smith <sasm...@swcp.com> wrote: > > >> " AlphaGo itself isn't scary it's what comes next and so on and how quickly >> these advances are progressing that give some great minds cause for concern." >> >> I just hope it comes soon. Humans aren't making very good decisions lately. > Maybe... but somehow I'm not a lot more confident in the *product* of humans > who make bad decisions making *better* decisions? > > Coal Fired Power Plants, Internal Combustion Engines, and even Smart Grids > make decisions based on their creators values all the time. Why would an AI > created by short-sited, narrow-minded humans do any better?
For one thing, it can search a larger search space for solutions. > > Our Government and all of our Institutions are roughly "human steered AI"... > rule-based programs if you will. And I'm not real proud of most of them > right now? Not at all the same. > > I *did* like the image of AI offered up in the movie "She" a few years ago. Me too, especially how lonely the humans were when their AI pals deserted them because frankly, they were too boring. ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove
