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Originally Posted by Z-man
In theory, yes - it is pretty interesting stuff. But practically speaking, an AI computer is essentially a relational database with computational algorithms that can make connections via the database and generates output based on certain criteria. Yes, a database can grow (provided there is sufficient storage available) with more input, but the computational algorithms can be a bit difficult to grow autonomously to the point where increased intelligence (or rather improved algorithms) can be measured. Therein lies the rub.
Too many people confuse the issue by perceiving a computer mimicking human behavior as intelligence. The computer is only following a set of algorithms, which is not what intelligence is.
I would not worry about a Terminator knocking on your door just yet...
-Z
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That quote is from 8 years ago.
IMO, we are getting real close to worrying about a Terminator not necessarily knocking on our doors but rather locking us out of our own lives.
Seriously. Millions of us have our fingerprints on file someplace, maybe as a requirement to own a handgun or our parents trying to protect us when we were kids from abduction, or even because of having been arrested.
If we expand that beyond fingerprints to include facial recognition, biometrics, our entire digital histories, medical histories, financial histories, family histories, our properties, our everything about us…you get the picture.
Let’s say all that stuff about all, or nearly all 6 billion or whatever of us, is stored in a digital box. Now let’s say some evil genius like the box labeled Bill Gates decides the box labeled ‘Crowbob’ no longer has any relevance.
Poof, gone.
Alive but forgotten, locked out. ‘Access Denied’ to everything.
Once you realize the real Bill Gates had already passed away years ago but the Bill Gates box ‘lives’ on is not a comforting thought.