Comments on: Meme that machine intelligence will surpass human intelligence gathers support

By: desmotivaciones

desmotivaciones — Sat, 12 May 2012 00:40:46 +0000

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By: Dean Loomis

Dean Loomis — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 01:33:21 +0000

Famous computer scientist Edsger Dijkstra is quoted as having said “asking whether computers can think is like asking whether submarines can swim.” Do we really care any more about whether railroad trains or auto-mobile carriages can roll faster than horses can run? As Humpty-Dumpty said to Alice, “the question is who is to be master.”

By: Mike Shearn

Mike Shearn — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 10:07:37 +0000

It only gained support from humans. Replies from machines varied from “Naaaah” to “Huh?”.

By: Michael Trigoboff

Michael Trigoboff — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 01:44:25 +0000

AI should actually be redefined as “Artificial Insects,” a project that has some chance of success in the 21st Century. As to “Artificial (Human) Intelligence,” I say no way.

I’m a former member of the artificial intelligentsia (Ph.D. in AI, etc). My experience in AI firmly convinced me that attempting to accomplish AI is the perfect punishment for the hubris of believing in AI.

By: Murgatroyd

Murgatroyd — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 00:02:23 +0000

"Ray Kurzweil's singularity"? He didn't come up with the concept, nor did he name it. I wonder whether this Intel expert also talks about Sony's invention of the transistor, or Bill Gates' invention of the microprocessor.

By: smsgtmac

smsgtmac — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 23:33:06 +0000

Maybe I’ll buy it in on the ‘surpassing’ idea as soon as someone adequately defines intelligence. You can bow down to your new robot masters if you like, but for now I’m with Roger Penrose on this one.

By: Jason Bontrager

Jason Bontrager — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 23:27:45 +0000

But are they making any progress towards Vernor Vinge’s singularity?

By: Brian

Brian — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:04:29 +0000

He will be speaking further about these issues at the just-announced Singularity Summit 08: http://www.singularitysummit.com/

By: RyanVG

RyanVG — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:19:58 +0000

I’m completely for the Singularity. If it could make a world without handicaps, cancers, or disabilities that would be wonderful. Having computers become smarter than humans is great because we can put computers inside our heads to become smarter and eventually have robot spouses. My mother is a bit of a neo-conservative Luddite about it right now but she will get around to it if she lives to see the year 2045 (when the Singularity is supposed to take place). By then, she will regain most of her mental faculties and most of her wrinkles will be gone thanks to nanorobotics and nanomedicine.