me: >> And I've said it before, but it bears repeating in this context. Real >> intelligence requires that mistakes be made. And that's at odds with >> regular programming, because you are trying to write programs that don't >> make mistakes, so I have to wonder how serious people really would be >> about pursuing intelligence in a machine if they really knew what's >> involved. >> andi > > > Ben: > It's not true -- we are NOT trying to make programs that don't make > mistakes > ... we're trying to write minimally buggy software, but we're not trying > to > prevent our software from making mistakes when learning things > > Similarly, you don't mind making mistakes yourself when learning, but you > would rather your brain did not fall prey to "wetware bugs" and get > epilepsy > or Alzheimers etc. ... > > -- Ben G
Well, I'm thinking of Joe Average commercial software developer (like me). And even if you know that errors can't be avoided, programmers are still at least shooting for not making any errors. That's just a different mindset from an AGI system where you know there are going to have to be errors. And why it's important is that people have expectations about how computers will work, and their feeling when something goes wrong is that it's a bad thing, and not a natural and necessary thing. I'm just afraid of the non-technical people being surprised and unhappy when it happens. Funding and support questions and all. andi ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=108809214-a0d121 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
