Maureen Dowd discusses artificial intelligence, the fantasy vs. reality, and why the two are still worlds apart. ~ Ilene
True Artificial Intelligence
By DYLAN LOVE at Business Insider
Buried in Maureen Dowd's latest column for The New York Times is a perfect one-sentence explanation of why true artificial intelligence for machines isn't coming any time soon.
Jaron Lanier, prominent author/thinker/cybersociologist-type lays out why it is currently impossible to build machines with the type of "true" artificial intelligence that sci-fi is nearly founded on:
"We’re still pretending that we’re inventing a brain when all we’ve come up with is a giant mash-up of real brains. We don’t yet understand how brains work, so we can’t build one."
We bolded that last sentence because it pretty much explains the predicament for AI. Until we more fundamentally understand that which we're trying to clone, everything else is an impressive attempt up Everest that never totally summits.
This jibes with a sentiment that renowned author and cognitive scientist Douglas Hofstadter posed earlier this year.
Keep reading True Artificial Intelligence – Business Insider.
Read also: Silicon Valley Sharknado – NY Times.
