Using AGI to study the human brain assumes that you built it that way in the first place. But that is unlikely. What would studying Watson tell you about the way people process language? What does it tell you about the brain?
Most likely, AGI will be a lot of different specialists, such that for any human skill, there will be a machine somewhere that can do it, and a quick way to find the right machine. It won't look anything like a human. We build machines to work for us, not to pretend to be us. On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 12:39 PM, Stan Nilsen <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -- -- Matt Mahoney, [email protected] ------------------------------------------- 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
