Want to make robots more human? Try artificial stupidity

Welcome to the AI era. We missed the official announcement too, but it’s obvious that’s what we’re in. This new paradigm requires the acceptance or denial of a new brand of faith: Artificial general intelligence (AGI). Or, sentient machines, if you prefer. Either way, let’s talk about killer robots. It seems like the entire world is obsessed with AGI – the idea that a machine could become “alive” or “sentient.” At a bare minimum an AGI would be as capable as a human in any domain. Right now, they’re no more alive than a rock and no more “capable” than…

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https://ift.tt/2wpTLvw Tristan Greene August 23, 2018 at 06:01PM