Constructing the TerminatorA Top-Down Approach, by Fred Reed

Is AI going to make human intelligence obsolete? From Fred Reed at fredoneverything.org:

}these are deranged ramblings, perhaps of psychiatric interest. If pressed, Fred will deny authorship and possibly bring an action for defamation. }beware.

These days, not unreasonably I think, people wonder whether artificial intelligence will produce an electronic being superior to, well, us. Others of darker immaaginings ask whether we don’t face the arrival of a real-life Terminator. Science fiction? These days, it has a short shelf life.

Actually, the superior being  has probably already happened, if so far in bits and pieces. Let us consider what these bits are, and their assembly into a Terminator, whom we will affectionately call Arnold.

First,Arnold’s mental capacities. Then, is robotic physicality.

breadth of knowledge is usually thought a sign of intelligence. Arnold, with a Wifi link in his head, would know everything on the internet, books, history, quantum physics, the weather in Chengdu, geography, and just about everything else. Yes, I know, we are all used to this and it  looks like mere lookup and not intelligence. Wait a minute.

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One response to “Constructing the TerminatorA Top-Down Approach, by Fred Reed

  1. Neo is the One's avatar Neo is the One

    A Red Feed some Chuck Bukowski stylings!

    I like it just this side of Hunter S. Thompson.

    THX 1138/HAL 9000 world ain’t scary.

    As the professor (RIP) said…you only have to be 10% smarter.

    Some are almost robotic in training and thought and what a gift it is. (H/T-God)

    Breaking from Actarus:

    UFO Robot

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