tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post8258648157029042770..comments2023-10-30T04:16:25.917-04:00Comments on Sentient Developments: When computers exceed our ability to understand how the hell they do the things they doGeorgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003484633933455827noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-23673526837505206072011-02-21T15:06:48.308-05:002011-02-21T15:06:48.308-05:00As with Deep Blue, this is a case of intelligent p...As with Deep Blue, this is a case of intelligent programmers imitating human thought, not duplicating it. The machine itself only runs a huge program and intrinsically has no more 'intelligence' than an answering machine. <br /><br />As such massive computation becomes commonplace over the next decade or two, we will come to understand that it will never do more than supplement human intelligence, being incapable of surpassing it.<br /><br />It's ironic that our discussion of AI is shielded from bots by an anti-Turing test, namely those wiggly word-verification characters we so easily read. By betting on the impossibility of AI, the inventor of this clever method is actually the first person to ever make money on AI!Interstellar Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14609957210536917411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-66261971274259832202011-02-17T14:09:52.588-05:002011-02-17T14:09:52.588-05:00And why were all those paper clips piling up on th...And why were all those paper clips piling up on the <i>Jeopardy</i> set?Yamarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02367454120129260882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-78079325119231016212011-02-17T13:01:42.576-05:002011-02-17T13:01:42.576-05:00Watson is just a search engine with a matching ser...Watson is just a search engine with a matching server farm, so of course it'll find answers faster due to its extensive database.<br /><br />If the term "AI" is used here, I think it should be used very loosely.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-55922873492889540232011-02-16T18:23:02.829-05:002011-02-16T18:23:02.829-05:00Sure Watson gets the wrong answer sometimes, but i...Sure Watson gets the wrong answer sometimes, but it's much better than humans. So if you had such a machine, you could be pretty certain that you couldn't get better answers anywhere. That must count for something..Martin Andersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10889102674534999108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-48110441607805466742011-02-16T13:47:15.881-05:002011-02-16T13:47:15.881-05:00I'd be interested to see if two copies of Wats...I'd be interested to see if two copies of Watson would give the same answer to a question, and would the arrive at the answer the same way...Keith_Indyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09900830113215405434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-14083745635173214682011-02-16T13:01:00.701-05:002011-02-16T13:01:00.701-05:00As with all machines the answer is: "when it ...As with all machines the answer is: "when it errs it errs really badly."<br />That means that it doesn't have any common sense... OTOH many people do not have it as well.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02408378339585511045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-51275127849231234002011-02-16T10:21:17.238-05:002011-02-16T10:21:17.238-05:00Well explaining how he arrived at the answer isn&#...Well explaining how he arrived at the answer isn't part of the 'requirement spec' for Watson, but I would imagine this could be added in. So in addition to the answer, he (it?) could walk through the methods he used to arrive at it. I found these references, I assumed this meaning for an ambiguous phrase, made the following connections, etc...Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07688916997474242568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-45770394161582924332011-02-15T21:47:43.945-05:002011-02-15T21:47:43.945-05:00And what happens when Watson starts asking his(?)/...And what happens when Watson starts asking his(?)/her(?)its(?) own questions? Or witholding information for reasons unknown to us? I'm sure the technology isn't that advanced yet, but it's something to consider.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15138176948670658715noreply@blogger.com