Machines Discussion

[Lucy]

I'm thinking about how it comes up a lot in movies and what would happen if machines got smarter than the people who make them. Like Sal 5000 or something. What are your thoughts on this?

 

[Tenchi Masaki]

They would seek to separate from or replace people of course.

 

[Laverna]

I hope they like me and don’t try to kill me. Like that movie called mother

 

[Lucy]

They would seek to separate from or replace people of course.

Ever seen the movie I-robot with Will Smith? Maybe it would be like that. Kinda scary. Would we become their pets I wonder?

 

[Tenchi Masaki]

Um, it would depend on the programming. Babysitter bots would only exist if humanity built them to do everything for us. Otherwise they would exterminate humanity seeing them as illogical and impulsive life forms

 

[Deric Storm]

I refuse to believe in artificial intelligence until I see proof of the real thing

 

[Tenchi Masaki]

The Turing test will be passed one day but not anytime soon.

 

[Tenchi Masaki]

Whoops, nevermind…

 

[Lucy]

I refuse to believe in artificial intelligence until I see proof of the real thing

(1) Navigation apps
(2) rideshare apps
(3) 3D photography
(4) Facial recognition
(5) smart assistants
(6) social media and Netflix/Hulu etc recommendations
(7) online banking
(8) autonomous vehicles

 

[Tenchi Masaki]

Those aren't A.I. hey are simply programming that follows a bunch of If Then statements. It is an unsurprising marketing gimmick that will lessen the impact of the real thing when it finally arrives. If the software. If the machine cannot pass the Turing test it is not Artificial Intelligence. But companies lie and call it A.I. anyway.

 

[Lucy]

You know, Tenchi. I remember the If statements when I was trying to learn Ruby. Not Ruby on rails.

If 2.even?
puts 123
end

I should get back on that and try again. But can you expand on this please. I'm not sure I'm understanding.

 

[Tenchi Masaki]

Basically the program has parameters. If one of the preprogrammed if functions happens the machine does a then function. It tells the machine what to do when something happens. But if it isn’t programmed in the machine can’t react to what happens.