Matt, Jobs are fuzzy, work is fuzzy, goals are fuzzy.
Where does that lead? $1.00 = $70 tril.. It's a matter of concept. Concept sells things. John > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Mahoney [mailto:[email protected]] > > The problem faced by AI developers is that machines don't know how to do > all the work that we currently pay people $70 trillion per year worldwide to > do. It requires that we solve hard problems in language, vision, art, robotics, > and modeling human behavior. It does not require that whatever we build > look or act like a human, or that it be "conscious", "sentient", or "intelligent" > or have "qualia" or a "soul", however you might define these terms. It does > not require building something that has human goals or emotions, although > for some jobs it does require that it recognize goals and emotions in people > and use this information to predict human behavior. > > It is easier to build machines designed to do specific jobs than to do every > possible job. It is also more efficient when the members of an organization > (whether people or machines) specialize. Therefore, most of the work being > done is in solving specialized tasks, what we sometimes call "narrow AI". > Some people believe that the problem can be attacked by solving the general > problem "AGI", which could be trained to perform any job that a human > could do. So far, investors don't seem to agree. I believe that AGI will > happen, but not by the effort of any individual or small group. Rather it will > take the form of many specialists developed by global competition between > self-interested people, and a communication network that allows them to > share information. Because information can be shared much faster than > humans can communicate, the network of specialists will look like a single > entity with godlike intelligence. > > -- > -- Matt Mahoney, [email protected] > > > ------------------------------------------- > AGI > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/248029- > 3b178a58 > Modify Your Subscription: > https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > 85ca2aa2 > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
