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RE: Not a good time for humanity, the ai singularity is here
May 22, 2017 at 1:02 pm
(May 21, 2017 at 10:54 pm)ignoramus Wrote: (May 21, 2017 at 9:57 am)mh.brewer Wrote: I don't have the capacitor to understand that.
Don't fight it.
Resistors are futile!
Ohm my god, relay?
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RE: Not a good time for humanity, the ai singularity is here
May 22, 2017 at 1:20 pm
(May 22, 2017 at 1:02 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: (May 21, 2017 at 10:54 pm)ignoramus Wrote: Don't fight it.
Resistors are futile!
Ohm my god, relay?
I'm shocked.
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RE: Not a good time for humanity, the ai singularity is here
May 22, 2017 at 1:26 pm
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I presented a paper last month at a generic AI conference. I wrote the code and paper in my spare time over the last 7 years so I could do something really new. Last time I went to that conference was 2005, 12 years ago. It was interesting because there were far fewer people this time, and that even got mentioned at the AGM. General opinion was that most people were going to machine learning conferences. Machine learning is a limited form of AI, in the same way natural language processing is. Other reasons for low attendence is the lack of funding in academia. This was a conference in the UK.
Second interesting thing that I noticed was the complete lack of progress. They were talking about exactly the same things as 12 years ago. As far as I'm concerned we haven't had much progress since the mid 90's if you exclude advances in processing power. Intel reckons going below 5nm does not make economic sense. We're currently at 14nm so forget about Moore's law continuing.
During the panel discussions about the dangers of AI, they made a lot of good points. In a hall of about 300 people, absolutely no one mentioned the hyped up ideas about singularity from media whores such as Ray Kurzweil, Sam Harris, Elon Musk or Stephen Hawking.
The singularity is not here.
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RE: Not a good time for humanity, the ai singularity is here
May 22, 2017 at 1:38 pm
(May 22, 2017 at 1:20 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote: (May 22, 2017 at 1:02 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: Ohm my god, relay?
I'm shocked.
Wire you doing this to me?
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
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RE: Not a good time for humanity, the ai singularity is here
May 22, 2017 at 1:49 pm
(May 22, 2017 at 1:38 pm)Cyberman Wrote: (May 22, 2017 at 1:20 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote: I'm shocked.
Wire you doing this to me?
Because you're down to Earth.
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RE: Not a good time for humanity, the ai singularity is here
May 22, 2017 at 1:55 pm
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(May 21, 2017 at 4:36 pm)Succubus Wrote: Artificial intelligence was amply demonstrated in 1977 when Deep Blue beat chess grandmaster Gary Kasparov. As impressive as IBM's achievement was, Deep Blue was just a computer doing computer shit, lots of switches in an on/off state. Was the machine actually playing chess or was it selecting from an enormous pool of options? I don't know. If that's what artificial intelligence is, then fine, ok.
Now artificial consciousness or self awareness is something very different, and we are nowhere near creating such a machine. Praise be.
Well considering that Deep Blue simply beat Kasparov by being faster and more accurate at evaluating a large but finite and very well defined set of moves, and not through any application of intelligence, your first sentence doesn't hold up.
(May 21, 2017 at 8:15 pm)MellisaClarke Wrote: (May 21, 2017 at 9:05 am)chimp3 Wrote: As far as I know AI has reached the level of intelligence obtained by insects. Not as smart as a mole rat yet.
They are about to replace 75 - 80% of IT jobs:
https://futurism.com/80-of-it-jobs-can-b...-exciting/
It looks like you're correct though, in terms of mapping brains, we haven't gotten to chimp level yet. (Gotten as far as rats)
Why do you continue to post links to a website that has nothing but bullshit articles designed solely for clickbait?
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RE: Not a good time for humanity, the ai singularity is here
May 22, 2017 at 3:07 pm
(May 22, 2017 at 1:49 pm)Mathilda Wrote: (May 22, 2017 at 1:38 pm)Cyberman Wrote: Wire you doing this to me?
Because you're down to Earth.
Indeed, he is quite well grounded.
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RE: Not a good time for humanity, the ai singularity is here
May 22, 2017 at 4:14 pm
(May 22, 2017 at 3:07 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: (May 22, 2017 at 1:49 pm)Mathilda Wrote: Because you're down to Earth.
Indeed, he is quite well grounded.
The lack of decorum in this thread is revolting. It's got me amped up.
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RE: Not a good time for humanity, the ai singularity is here
May 22, 2017 at 4:32 pm
(May 22, 2017 at 4:14 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote: (May 22, 2017 at 3:07 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: Indeed, he is quite well grounded.
The lack of decorum in this thread is revolting. It's got me amped up.
I assumed you would have felt at Ohm.
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RE: Not a good time for humanity, the ai singularity is here
May 22, 2017 at 5:09 pm
(May 22, 2017 at 4:32 pm)Mathilda Wrote: (May 22, 2017 at 4:14 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote: The lack of decorum in this thread is revolting. It's got me amped up.
I assumed you would have felt at Ohm.
Ohm is where the Hertz are.
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