Re: smart people doing stupid things

On 5/18/2024 8:15 PM, Edward Rawde wrote:

"Don Y" <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote in message
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On 5/18/2024 7:34 PM, Edward Rawde wrote:

 So is it ok if I take a step back here and ask whether you think that AI/AGI
has some inherent limitation which means it will never match human
intelligence?
Or do you think that AI/AGI will, at some future time, match human
intelligence?

That depends on the qualities and capabilities that you lump into
"HUMAN intelligence".  Curiosity?  Creativity?  Imagination?  One
can be exceedingly intelligent and of no more "value" than an
encyclopedia!
I am CERTAIN that AIs will be able to process the information available
to "human practitioners" (in whatever field) at least to the level of
competence that they (humans) can, presently.  It's just a question of
resources thrown at the AI and the time available for it to "respond".
But, this ignores the fact that humans are more resourceful at probing
the environment than AIs ("No thumbs!") without mechanical assistance.
Could (would?) an AI decide to explore space?  Or, the ocean depths?
Or, the rain forest?  Or, would its idea of exploration merely be a
visit to another net-neighbor??
Would (could) it consider human needs as important?  (see previous post)
How would it be motivated?  Would it attempt to think beyond it's
limitations (something humans always do)?  Or, would those be immutable
in its understanding of the world?

I don't mean to suggest that AI will become human, or will need to become
human. It will more likely have its own agenda.

Where will that agenda come from?  Will it inherit it from watching B-grade
sci-fi movies?  "Let there be light!"