Posted on 05/15/2022 8:51:46 AM PDT by BenLurkin
An alien species is headed for planet Earth and we have no reason to believe it will be friendly. Some experts predict it will get here within 30 years, while others insist it will arrive far sooner. Nobody knows what it will look like, but it will share two key traits with us humans – it will be intelligent and self-aware.
No, this alien will not come from a distant planet – it will be born right here on Earth, hatched in a research lab at a major university or large corporation. I am referring to the first artificial general intelligence (AGI) that reaches (or exceeds) human-level cognition.
Artificial minds will not be created by writing software with carefully crafted rules that make them think like us. Instead engineers feed massive datasets into simple algorithms that automatically adjust their own parameters, making millions upon millions of tiny changes to their structure until an intelligence emerges – an intelligence with inner workings that are far too complex for us to comprehend.
And no – feeding it data about humans will not make it think like humans do. This is a common misconception – the false belief that by training an AI on data that describes human behaviors, we will ensure it ends up thinking, feeling and acting like we do. It will not.
Instead, we will build these AI creatures to know humans, not to be human. And yes, they will know us inside and out, able to speak our languages and interpret our gestures, read our facial expressions and predict our actions. They will understand how we make decisions, for good and bad, logical and illogical. After all, we will have spent decades teaching AI systems how we humans behave in almost every situation.
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Ask anyone in Southern Texas if that’s not the case.
It only works when it’s plugged in. Unless it’s solar- or wind-powered.
I don’t think these aliens want to phone home.
They are already here and have been here for centuries.
I’d rather they walked home. They just need the proper type of encouragement.
“It only works when it’s plugged in.”
Not necessarily.
Just for example: how would you unplug the blockchain?
I think what this kind of AI may be a distributed intelligence living godlike in the clouds
I have no mouth yet I must scream
Like I’m going to share my already-diminished brain power with anyone else. Hah!
I hope they speak Spanish. 😅
One word: N E P H I L I M
Feeding it data about humans will not make it think like humans do. This is a common misconception.
HAL not amused
Will there be alien sexbots? My friend wants to know.
Why Soth Texas?
Getting old. Only want a robot that will do light housekeeping.
Gotta explain away the coming rapture.
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