Monday, June 22, 2015

Understanding Artificial Intelligence

“By far, the greatest danger of Artificial Intelligence is that people conclude too early that they understand it.”
            -Eliezer Yudkowsky


Do you understand Artificial Intelligence?

The phenomena of building Artificial Intelligence is an itch that will not go away.  It has been and will always be a part of entertainment, with several movies coming out that deal with AI.  Such as, 2001: A Space Odyssey, AI: Artificial Intelligence, Metropolis, and Her.   It fascinates and controls us in the pursuit of building something that will ultimately be humanity’s greatest surviving project. 

But should we only concentrate on something that only a human can come up with or should we focus on something that isn’t quite part of this world?

According to Former Astronaut Dan Barry, he believes that artificial intelligence is something that can be found via otherworldly. 



Do we agree with what Dan Barry is saying?  Should we focus more on finding AI that can transcend our world or should we focus on building a ultimate mind or even better is there a way to merge the two ideas into one?

It’s interesting to think that there is more then one possible way to achieve Artificial Intelligence.  However something that hasn't been mentioned yet is the concept of forging Artificial Intelligence to be used as a tool for war.  So far, when AI is discussed most people talk about how it will be beneficial for the human brain, and for human health development.  However, more and more people are starting to see AI can also have a big impact on more disastrous consequences, such as war. 

The latest technology is that of drones.  The little flying machines are only the beginning of what humans could bring forth to make waging war more easy and less taxing on the mind. 


The question that then comes to mind is will we be able to curb our desires when it comes to Artificial Intelligence?  I like to think not, which means that we will find a way to keep AI under control or we will reach out and find AI in the most unlikely of places. 

Ciao!

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