On 03/09/2013 02:35 PM, Matt Mahoney wrote:
But my original question. What would you do with a single human-level
intelligence? Play it against Watson or Deep Blue. Sorry, it is only
human level so it loses. Submit it to the Loebner prize? Sorry, the
software has to run on their computers and all it will say is "Unable
to allocate 10 PB of memory". Rent it out to do work? Sorry, it costs
$1000 per hour for electricity. It's cheaper to hire humans. Give away
your 100M lines of code? Who has a supercomputer that could run it?
What can you do with a single human-level...
One
If the "mind" is properly designed one can use it to understand human
minds that need help, or tweaking. Ability to look at underlying
factors, those that influenced a behavior would provide valuable
insight. Currently we use guesswork to understand deviant minds. To
obtain better insight the artificial mind would need to have features
similar to a human mind. "Features" referring more to components,
subsystems, or functional units rather than neurons.
Two
Given a mind that could be "loaded" with concepts at will, one could
study the "behavioral" affects occurring when one adopts a concept or
belief. Load up the mind with principles and concepts and then watch
the occurrence of conflict in the mind. Many people seem to be
oblivious to their contradicting ideas. By close review of an artificial
mind one might learn the methods of thinking that lead to healthier and
stronger minds. Stronger in the sense of being more consistent and less
likely to become confused.
Third
The artificial mind laboratory could school us on how to better
motivate. Learn what it takes to make an "impact" on ones thinking.
Discover the specific values, goals and concepts that are in a "good"
mind. Even the concept of a "good" mind is vague at this time. If we
properly build the artificial mind, we can deeply instrument and learn
what "useless" mind activity looks like.
Fourth
If we had this "lab rat" mind, we could feed it video games, TV shows
and the like to see how damaging they are. Introduce the mind to radical
ideas and see what it does with them. We might be able to make a strong
case for changes in our entertainment - at least increase understanding
of what might be bad for your intelligence.
Personally I see plenty of value in one artificial mind of human level.
The better it models the "human" mind, the better it is as a
scientific tool. We may end up simply verifying the "wisdom" of many
proverbs and sayings, but it would be interesting to watch a mind morph
on various inputs...
Stan
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