Ernie: Actually a quite good paper about AI and human intelligence as it relates to AI.
Lots to think about and learn about. However.... You knew this was coming.... There is a problem. Namely: The author has Left-wing biases that are seen by her as natural, unarguable, and anyone who thinks differently is necessarily perverse. That is, you need to buy-in to Left-wing philosophy or there is no place for you in any discussions of the future. Case in point is spanking of a young child as a means of communicating displeasure and training the child to behave better. That is, plain and simple moderate spanking, not brutalizing a child, not using objects to inflict pain, none of that, simply spanking with an open palm. And, needless to say, no more spanking beyond. a certain age, generally 4 or 5. I think there are persuasive neurological reasons for this practice as well as lessons from the school of Hard Knox, that unless this is done the child is likely to become insufferable, willing and able to bully his or her parents to get his or her way, repeatedly. Viz., tantrum threats. Not according to our author, the only way to think about the issue is the approved Left-wing way, no spanking under any circumstances, ever, case closed. There is no reference to empirical data and no possibility for debate on the matter, it is an article of faith. This attitude, that the political Left has solved all (or no worse than most) such issues, underlies the whole paper. To repeat, the paper is very good by-and-large. Its just that the author's unexamined biases cloud her "findings" and make me think that, if I was to go further, that is is essential to question everything she has said. Billy ________________________________ From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Centroids <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 4, 2019 5:44 AM To: Centroids Discussions Subject: [RC] Call for a rational society Sorry, only in pdf for now. The clever twist is using AI as an excuse to plead for what we used to call reality-based politics: making decisions based on clear objectives and measurable data. It is sad that this is still considered a radical fringe idea... https://www.itu.int/en/journal/002/Documents/ITU2018-15.pdf Sandy Pentland was a co-author, so it caught my eye. This paper discusses the possibility of applying the key principles and tools of current artificial intelligence (AI) to design future human systems in ways that could make them more efficient, fair, responsive, and inclusive -- -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Google Groups<http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism> groups.google.com Google Groups allows you to create and participate in online forums and email-based groups with a rich experience for community conversations. 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