On Monday, September 9, 2019 at 4:06:33 AM UTC-6, John Clark wrote: > > Just 4 years ago 700 AI programs competed against each other and tried to > pass a 8th-Grade multiple choice Science Test and win a $80,000 prize, but > they all flunked, the best one only got 59.3% of the questions correct. But > last Wednesday the Allen Institute unveiled a AI called "Aristo" that got > 90.7% correct and then answered 83% of the 12th grade science test > questions correctly. > > It seems to me that for a long time AI improvement was just creeping along > but in the last few years things started to pick up speed. > > AI goes from F to A on the N.Y. Regents Science Exam > <https://arxiv.org/pdf/1909.01958.pdf> > > John K Clark >
My take on AI; it's no more dangerous than present day computers, because it has no WILL, and can only do what it's told to do. I suppose it could be told to do bad things, and if it has inherent defenses, it can't be stopped, like Gort in The Day the Earth Stood Still. 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/a4c2a1b4-ffaf-4fcb-af3b-2aaf3202047d%40googlegroups.com.
