On Friday, December 8, 2017 at 2:53:30 AM UTC, Brent wrote: > > > > On 12/7/2017 6:37 PM, [email protected] <javascript:> wrote: > > > > On Friday, December 8, 2017 at 1:42:01 AM UTC, Brent wrote: >> >> >> >> On 12/7/2017 3:19 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> >> >> >> On Thursday, December 7, 2017 at 9:47:42 PM UTC, Brent wrote: >>> >>> When I took a series of classes in Artificial Intelliegence at UCLA in >>> the '70s the professor introducing the material of the first class >>> explained that, "Intelligence is whatever a computer can't do....yet." >>> >>> Brent >>> >> >> The fear of AI is that computers could eventually exhibit a >> characteristic reminiscent of "will" and exhibit it maliciously against >> humans. I suppose for you that's not a problem since, IIRC, you deny the >> existence of will. AG >> >> >> I don't deny the existence of will. I deny the existence of what is >> commonly called "free will". >> >> Brent >> > > Then what we call "free will" is really just a DNA determined behavioral > outcome. > > > No, it's DNA plus years of experience. > > Brent >
In what computers can now do, they immensely exceed our human capabilities. The chess example suffices. In effect we are in the process creating a new specie and there is no predicting what they can or might do if they can communicate with each other. I do believe AI represents a threat to humanity, as Hawking and Musk allege. AG -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
