There was a scientist who was asked, “Will there ever be a computer as intelligent as a human?” He answered, “Yes, but only for a few moments”.
There was a scientist who was asked, “Will there ever be a computer as intelligent as a human?” He answered, “Yes, but only for a few moments”.
A few smart people (who should really know better) seems to think true AI will just happen if we build a sufficiently powerful computer to rival the complexity of the human brain. I disagree. The brain has some complex software which may take us centuries to understand and replicate. It will be a very slow, incremental process.
Way before that happens though, we will probably figure out ways to augment our own intelligence with external processing power with a brain-computer interface (interface device and WIFI chip in your brain). Picture doing a Google type search in your head (e.g., request and results). Or uploading a video to YouTube using your eyes as a camera. Or comunicating with Facebook friends in your head. It will resemble telepathy.
Ironically, the Star Trek Borg may be a good model for where we’ll eventually be.