odysseus2000 wrote:Fascinating polarisation between the experts and long standing practitioners in the field who are warning and many who don't have the expertise who are saying this is all over blown.
As far as I can tell this is the most powerful technology ever developed, with its roots in evolution, the most powerful force known.
I find it impossible to believe that there is not enough potential in this technology to lead to extinction of the current dominant life form and its replacement with a newer and more powerful one, like has happened many times before if you believe in evolution.
Regards,
are you a really enthusiastic bot?
Doesn't bother me if you are... everyone's welcome
The big risk with these at the moment is believing the hyperbole, leading to a lot more "Computer says no!" fiascos
I believe you've recently had that kind of thing in the UK with Post Offices being accused incorrectly of fraud
Now that kind of edict will be delivered by something that sounds like a "nice but dim" genial colleage rather than the output of a calculation
- so much easier to swallow but still GIGO
We're not quite at Demon Seed territory - but i CAN imagine folk having to argue with their cars in the forseable future
I really do share your enthusiasm for evolutionary based tech though - I posted at length about it a while ago (might have been on TMF actually! I've been a huge fan for a long time - Genetic Algorithms were my main PhD topic <cough>-teen years ago). It can be really useful - but like real evolution it is hugely wasteful (vs targetted training); we normally need to play the role of intelligent designers to get really practical results
-sd