[AccessD] AI

[Jim Lawrence]

AI reaching a singularity is probably a long way off so anything we say has no bearing on that future.

Of course, the article was describing a technical hurdle that had been mastered. That hurdle was the ability for a computer system to be able to program itself to do a specific task by creating a better algorithm than that of the technicians that initially designed and programmed it. That programming ability does open up all sorts of possibilities and my main concern would be in the immediate future, that a computer is able to make better programs than a human developer could make. Could MS Access 2020 allow any person to code, script or program any database solution via voice commands?

Just like the Chinese building a quantum computer, placed on a satellite and communicating with a similar system on the ground, was supposed to have transferred a single atom, between the two stations via a technique called quantum-entanglement. It does suggest that FedX, the company, is not in any immediate danger...just its drivers.

Small steps Eli, small steps...
 
Jim 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Benson" <bensonforums at gmail.com>
To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2017 3:09:17 PM
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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