Artificial Intelligence

[-:UberMann:-]

To imagine the intelligence of our ancestors and their self-awareness, I think it would be like when we have a dream. Dreams are not generated by the most intelligent part of us and very illlogical things make sense then. We can't do complex tasks like reading or arithmetic, or do them in a very limited way. The most I've able to read were three words, and they didn't make much sense. The same way, our consciences may look primitive to a supposed superior animal intelligence.
In dreams you have a conscience but is less intelligent.

[bitreaktor]

a lot of people would disagree with you as they see dream as super creative time that enables to solve many problem including Ray Kurtzweil

try maybe some enhancers

alpha brain https://www.onnit.com/alphabrain/?pid=32
or marijuana

[UmarPK]

When robots become really advance and are programmed to have independent thinking or pseudo-independent thinking they can collaborate and disobey their human masters. It'll be just like Blade Runner.

[BE0GRAD]

Originally Posted by bitreaktor

if today watson can better diagnostician than the board of certified doctors because the are limited by human capabilities that is tremendous achievement.And hasn't been done by only computing power . Most of work is in programming . he is reading 150 000 000 pages a second while human only 2 or 3 words and actually can find you and answers based on context
which you and the computer didn't know .

SO today he can beat smartest, and most well educated people in some areas and still he is totally dumb with brain capabilities of a cockroach
Just try to imagine what he will be capable of when the level of dog or monkey will be achieved
Think what that might bring in the future

to "make" world class scientist you need at least 25-30 years, a lot of luck , a shit load of money .And still he is very limited he can work only 7-8 hours a day he get destructed and so .
If we gonna be able to make an artificial scientist on factory line which is able to work 24/7 365 days a year ,posses all the data know to humanity in his memory , exchange it immediately with thousands of other artificial scientist around the globe and will be able to simultaneously simulate experiments on the go , on quantum computers

the speed of human development would be unimaginable


at this is not total SF this could happen in 20-30 years time and it's not going to slow down ever

It's not that AI's are gonna replace humans. It is more likely that they would merge with us.

While we talk about AI's here's an interesting text about it: http://www.nickbostrom.com/ethics/ai.html#_ftn5

[Iluminat]

Originally Posted by BE0GRAD

It's not that AI's are gonna replace humans. It is more likely that they would merge with us.

Indeed most humans will probably become machines to some point and eventually it should be hard to distinguish between AI and uploaded consciousness of people that want a better life than they could have in a biological body.

[bitreaktor]

Originally Posted by BE0GRAD

It's not that AI's are gonna replace humans. It is more likely that they would merge with us.

that's narrow and old fashion point of view as it is hard to imagine a robot as a separate individual
in everyday life of course we will become merged with them as today with cell phones
but i'm talking about
some areas where humans are useless
for example space industry , mining , battlefield , fire fighting and other "jobs"
which includes extreme conditions which humans didn't evolve to


Also other fields where processing huge amount of data is included
as we see today with watson like science and medicine , finance
where human mind is not particularly suitable for but we use it because that is all we have for now
When w

[BE0GRAD]

Originally Posted by Iluminat

Indeed most humans will probably become machines to some point and eventually it should be hard to distinguish between AI and uploaded consciousness of people that want a better life than they could have in a biological body.

Originally Posted by bitreaktor

that's narrow and old fashion point of view as it is hard to imagine a robot as a separate individual
in everyday life of course we will become merged with them as today with cell phones
but i'm talking about
some areas where humans are useless
for example space industry , mining , battlefield , fire fighting and other "jobs"
which includes extreme conditions which humans didn't evolve to


Also other fields where processing huge amount of data is included
as we see today with watson like science and medicine , finance
where human mind is not particularly suitable for but we use it because that is all we have for now
When w

Well firefighting isn't a job that requires a superinteligence but I get your point. Still with vastly augmented mental and other capabilities, we (humans+AI=transhumans) could find ways to do things that we now consider impossible or cannot even imagine. Per example, we may find a solution which makes that our one superinteligent mind/conciousness can operate several bodies at the same time. Like, with one of your bodies you're learning some new skills at home, with another one you're enjoying in some beach in Greece, your third body is your female version - exploring how it is like to be the other sex, your fourth body is a dolphin in the sea - exploring maritime life and your fifth body is typing on SSC all day long. ...and all of that, you're doing it in the same time, and you're equally concious of all of those bodies in the same time. It's literally being in multiple places at once.

With such mind uploading, you can easily upload yourself in some robot body and go to Jupiter or jump in the flames and if one of your bodies gets killed, you continue to live via other bodies ... with the newly acquired experience of how it is like to die.

[akonlki231]

If artificial intelligence is one day created, will it not pose a philosophical problem, because humans themselves are just biological intelligent creatures. If we make robots work for us, and use them as slaves, won't we be undermining their rights? Slavery is a wrong thing when applied to humans, but what about when it applies to robots?

[wjfox]

[wjfox]

Is this interactive avatar the face of the future?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21827631

[embassyofaudrey]

i tot it was a movie..

[wjfox]

MACH system from MIT can coach those with social anxiety

By Terrence O'Brien posted Jun 15th, 2013 at 11:05 PM

Plenty of people out there have a serious phobia of public speaking and there are tons of other disorders, such as Asperger's, that severely limit a person's ability to handle even simple social interactions. M. Ehsan Hoque, a student at the MIT Media Lab, has made these subjects the focus of her latest project: MACH (My Automated Conversation coacH). At the heart of MACH is a complex system of facial and speech recognition algorithms that can detect subtle nuances in intonation while tracking smiles, head nods and eye movement. The latter is especially important since the front end of MACH is a computer generated avatar that can tell when you break eye contact and shift your attention elsewhere.

The software then provides feedback about your performance, helping to prep you for that big presentation or just guide you out of your shell. Experimental data suggests that coaching from MACH could even help you perform better in a job interview. What's particularly exciting is that the program requires no special hardware; it's designed to be used with a standard webcam and microphone on a laptop. So it might not be too long before we start seeing apps designed to help users through social awkwardness. Before you go, make sure to check out the video after the break.

http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/15/m...ocial-anxiety/

[wjfox]

Will the Robots Steal Your Paycheck? BREAKING: They Already Have ...

Jordan Weissmann Jun 17 2013, 5:51 PM ET

A new study finds that labor's share of the world's income is plunging, and suggests the technology boom is to blame.

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/...y-have/276935/