![]() ![]() Now the flood has reached the foothills, and our outposts there are contemplating retreat. A half century ago it began to drown the lowlands, driving out human calculators and record clerks, but leaving most of us dry. ![]() Imagine a “landscape of human competence,” having lowlands with labels like “arithmetic” and “rote memorization,” foothills like “theorem proving” and “chess playing,” and high mountain peaks labeled “locomotion,” “hand-eye coordination” and “social interaction.” Advancing computer performance is like water slowly flooding the landscape. Human potentials, on the other hand, are strong in areas long important for survival, but weak in things far removed. Tegmark tackles the discussion around how much machines will encroach on human domains, by illustrating a metaphor from Hans Moravec:Ĭomputers are universal machines, their potential extends uniformly over a boundless expanse of tasks. ![]() His physics oriented perspective provides an interesting point of view, as humanity wrestles with the ultimate path of artificial intelligence. Author Max Tegmark takes a fascinating journey through possible AI futures. I just added another very good book to the Book Library: Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence – A New York Times Best Seller. ![]()
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