tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67662364773488817.post5347235496924588480..comments2009-04-23T12:19:21.774-07:00Comments on The Evolutionary Brain Project: Capitalism and Progressevobrainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00188115394104188830noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67662364773488817.post-74982553371752723432009-04-17T12:26:00.000-07:002009-04-17T12:26:00.000-07:00I absolutely agree that a disembodied AI would not...I absolutely agree that a disembodied AI would not be fully able to comprehend the human experience. That could make for some interesting communication challenges. Even the most humanoid AI will be a different "species" from homo sapiens.<br /><br />But I think it is a misconception to think that an AI would not have feelings or emotions. I think part of any advanced intelligence is the acquisition of likes and dislikes. Any advanced intelligence needs to be able to make many assumptions in order to act autonomously. It is very rare that we have all the data required to make a decision.<br /><br />Its my belief that in the course of learning to make appropriate assumptions in order to be able to function an AI will develop a personality. And part of that personality will be expressed in terms of some sort of "emotions". <br /><br />Part of the fitness function for the AI will be "Am I happy". What is happiness after all. Perhaps happiness is a byproduct of any sort of advanced intelligence.Frank Hopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01610256051568976952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67662364773488817.post-16523436711971638512009-04-17T03:13:00.000-07:002009-04-17T03:13:00.000-07:00Though there is an important consequence of AI liv...Though there is an important consequence of AI living in virual world: it will never be able to fully understand the human language because the AI won't be able to 'feel' most of the concepts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67662364773488817.post-87739306544550633352009-04-15T21:12:00.000-07:002009-04-15T21:12:00.000-07:00I can give you a simple example that leads me to c...I can give you a simple example that leads me to conclude that "AI will also be used to develop more powerful AI". Today computers are designed using computers. The more powerful the computer, the more complex simulations can be performed to test out new strategies. Today's most powerful computers are used to design tomorrow's generation of computers. <br /><br />So I assume that one generation of AI would be used to design the next generation. Except that in this case no human intervention would be required.<br /><br />As for embodiment, I think that we all have a natural fascination with humanoid robots. But robots do not have to be humanoid. The main reason to create humanoid robots is so that they can interact with the human environment. But what about creating an environment around the robots instead of vice versa. Why have door handles for example that are obviously designed to meet human ergonomic needs, but don't take into account robot ergonomic needs. For a robot a door that can be opened with a wireless signal is vastly superior. Something like a remote control garage door works great, for example.<br /><br />And of course as we have all seen with the advent of the internet, the virtual world can offer much of the same qualities as the real physical world. Except that in the virtual world, there really is no need of a physical body. So here an disembodied AI would be right at home. And to access the physical world there are plenty of interfaces to physical devices available. <br /><br />And as everything continues to connect to the internet it will become even simpler for a disembodied AI to interface with the physical world.evobrainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00188115394104188830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67662364773488817.post-91903526095627247472009-04-07T03:17:00.000-07:002009-04-07T03:17:00.000-07:00"it is a given that AI will also be used to develo..."it is a given that AI will also be used to develop more powerful AI." — I think you're wrong here. That AI will develop more powerful one itself — artificial though, it's inteligence, and it thinks for itself (maybe even 'himself'?).<BR/><BR/>And I strongly agree that AI don't need physical embodiment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com