| On the BBC's Horizon, Marcus Du Sautoy explores how close we are to developing human-level artificial intelligence. |
His journey for the BBC program Horizon, takes him to a strange and bizarre world where AI is now taking shape.
Du Sautoy meets two robots who are developing their own private language, and attempts to communicate to them. He discovers how a super computer beat humans at one of the toughest quiz shows on the planet, Jeopardy. And finds out if machines can have creativity and intuition like us.
Du Sautoy is worried that if machines can think like us, then he will be out of business. But his conclusion is that AI machines may surprise us with their own distinct way of thinking.
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Wonderful broadcast, I truly enjoyed.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately one of the more pressing questions isn't will we create super-intelligent machines that will exceed us or obsolete us as thinking beings.
The really destructive question is will we create reasonably intelligent machines that aren't close to us at all at emulating human intelligence, but are better than us at replicating the intelligence required to do most jobs in the global economy.
Our ability to truly handle compassionately that second more pressing question will define our future and our survival.
P.P: How wonderfully ironic for this comment and broadcast. The CAPTCHA verification system is asking me to prove I'm not a robot! ROFLMAO!
Robert
Thank you for the comments roschler. For sure the bigger questions on the impacts of robotics and AI are only hinted at in the program. Will technological obsolescence progress rapidly through exponential growth to eliminate humanity?
DeleteStay tuned at 33rd Square for an upcoming and more detailed post on the compelling MYON robots featured at the end of the Horizon broadcast.
Very amusing CAPTCHA comment!