There are several thousand languages for programming people. The most common is English. Since the target is a neural network and not a register based von Neumann machine, the primary difference is that the language is learned by example rather than described by a formal grammar and semantics. The learning is hierarchical, with semantics learned before grammar. Human language is not compiled or interpreted. Rather, knowledge is stored in the weighted connections between neurons representing phonemes, letters, or words, or some linear combination of these.
At the cognitive level, memory capacity is fixed at about 10^9 bits representing associations between 10^4.5 words and a similar number of nonverbal features such as faces and objects. For reasons not fully understood, this is much smaller than the 10^14 bits suggested by the Hopfield limit of 0.15 bits per connection for the brain's 6 x 10^14 synapses. Memory management in neural networks consists of updating connections to produce the desired output. This has the effect of gradually replacing old, unused memories with new. Humans can learn at a rate of 5 to 10 bits per second at an information rate of 1 bit per written character or 0.5 bits per speech phoneme. About 50% is forgotten after a day and 90% after a year. The learning rate drops roughly inversely with age. Because of this rate limit, effectively programming humans requires holding their attention for long periods. It takes about 8 hours per day for 2% of your age to change your political views. Education and religious indoctrination take even longer, perhaps 5% to 25%. The classical methods of holding your attention using emotions like humor, anger, and fear have been known since the time of Shakespeare. AI can do this effectively by learning your interests through social media interactions, and soon, by monitoring your facial expressions and eye movements. Soon, most of your experiences will be AI generated rather than just AI filtered. Censorship will be invisible. We have already shown that political channels can hold your attention for hours each day just by telling you all the bad things that the other party is doing and there is nothing you can do about it. This makes you angry, afraid, and addicted to their propaganda. It doesn't matter left or right. It is the same technique. But this is only the beginning of what is possible. ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/Tc1bcda5fdb4147f4-M1f50130b13d76c656a5d6cdd Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
