Yes, one of the great mistakes we humans make is trying to imitate. We want to build a robot in the image of a human and have it think like a human. Well, it's darn hard to program emotions and creativity.
We would be far better off keeping in mind what computers (and robots) are good at and focusing on exploiting those strengths. But sure, it's a fun challenge to try and make a computer "think". Thus my "soapbox" really is a rant against the usage of the word "intelligence". Humans barely comprehend what intelligence is, we aren't even close to duplicating it.
Well, yeah, it’s like communicating with my toddler. Do you know how many times and in how many different iterations I ask him to put on his shoes per day? And god forbid I say something sarcastic, or ironic, or punny, or... 😂
The difference is that your toddler *will* learn. Of course we can't be too hard on toddlers for not comprehending sarcasm... many adults struggle with it (which is why I will sometimes literally type out {sarcasm} so others clearly understand I'm being sarcastic).
If we want to play "one up" on communication struggles... my 89 year old father with cognitive decline is one of the most frustrating communication challenges I have ever dealt with!
You mean like my "dumb" home that can't even remember how to turn on a light? {sigh} I'll admit that the dedicated chess players are able to reliably beat me at chess, but smart? Nope, they aren't much competition!
They are getting better, but my motion sensor security cameras still can't tell the difference between a wasp, a waving branch or an intruder. {sigh}
And creativity? Stable Diffusion is fun and generates some very interesting images that could be mistaken for creativity, but it's really more random and copying from images it has been trained on. Note: the images used in this article were created with Stable Diffusion (and I probably generated over 100 images to get the couple that I chose to use).
Artificial imitability.
Yes, one of the great mistakes we humans make is trying to imitate. We want to build a robot in the image of a human and have it think like a human. Well, it's darn hard to program emotions and creativity.
We would be far better off keeping in mind what computers (and robots) are good at and focusing on exploiting those strengths. But sure, it's a fun challenge to try and make a computer "think". Thus my "soapbox" really is a rant against the usage of the word "intelligence". Humans barely comprehend what intelligence is, we aren't even close to duplicating it.
I 💯 percent agree with your rant. I have the same issue with the usage of “smart” anything.
Well, yeah, it’s like communicating with my toddler. Do you know how many times and in how many different iterations I ask him to put on his shoes per day? And god forbid I say something sarcastic, or ironic, or punny, or... 😂
The difference is that your toddler *will* learn. Of course we can't be too hard on toddlers for not comprehending sarcasm... many adults struggle with it (which is why I will sometimes literally type out {sarcasm} so others clearly understand I'm being sarcastic).
If we want to play "one up" on communication struggles... my 89 year old father with cognitive decline is one of the most frustrating communication challenges I have ever dealt with!
You mean like my "dumb" home that can't even remember how to turn on a light? {sigh} I'll admit that the dedicated chess players are able to reliably beat me at chess, but smart? Nope, they aren't much competition!
They are getting better, but my motion sensor security cameras still can't tell the difference between a wasp, a waving branch or an intruder. {sigh}
And creativity? Stable Diffusion is fun and generates some very interesting images that could be mistaken for creativity, but it's really more random and copying from images it has been trained on. Note: the images used in this article were created with Stable Diffusion (and I probably generated over 100 images to get the couple that I chose to use).