[AccessD] AI

[Rocky Smolin]

Your mind seems pretty well made up on the subject.  Perhaps this is a good time to review a notorious list of predictions about tech:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertszczerba/2015/01/05/15-worst-tech-predictions-of-all-time/#776c6afd1299

http://tinyurl.com/yaz3yced

" never, ever, ever" covers a really, really long time.

R


-----Original Message-----
From: AccessD [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Bill Benson
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2017 3:09 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] AI

But does the computer know it is playing Go? Does it "know" anything?

Computers will never, ever, ever have true consciousness, and they can never teach themselves anything that their creators did not design them to "learn", and they will never be able to make qualitative judgments about the value of what they are learning unless their creators tell them what's valuable. They can never feel, so they can never infer or interpret anything unique or uniquely.

Anyone who preaches AI reaching a singularity is a nut case.

On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 11:11 AM, Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote:

> That a computer could be taught to play the game of GO is irrelevant, 
> in the over all scheme of things. That a computer could teach itself 
> the toughest game on the planet. And it’s just getting started; that 
> is the real story.
>
> http://www.cbc.ca/listen/shows/quirks-and-quarks/segment/14467121
>
> Computers invent new ways to play the world's hardest game.
>
> Jim
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