"True" AI is here??

I am astounded.

The Article

What do you think?
The key to unlocking the potential in AI and analog human brain emulation?
Or just a clever program?

 

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Good article. The noise seems indistinguishable from mutations that are typically done in AI. That’s the whole basis of genetic algorithms--they generate order out of randomness. Maybe Thaler was behind that idea. Drug companies are using AI to find new (hopefully addictive) combinations.

 

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qquite cool. this could actually be considered support for my theory on freewill and randomness in the universe. (see the freewill thread, which I can't find right now...)
spiffy, thanks!

edit: ah, here it is:
http://www.sciforums.com/showthread.php?t=32338&page=1&pp=20

 

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Just a clever program. It's a useful idea, but I don't think it's bringing us a great deal closer to "true AI." His neural networks are still just neural networks that jump around a little bit more. The metaphors in the article are a little contrived, if you ask me. Nonetheless, it's still very interesting, and I would like to see how he trains the network such that it ends up with "creative" output.
FYI, Thaler wasn't behind mutations in genetic algorithms. I don't remember the specifics, but they first showed up back in the 60s or 70s with some German researchers, if I recall correctly.

 

Interesting......

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yeah GA's have been around since the 70's but they only recently started takign them seriously. GP's a little earlier I think.

 

The beginning of the Spike?

 

keep working at it we need many to create the truth an by the way congrats on the sucess

 

Incredible. I think AI might be a reality someday.

 

Whilst the link is no longer functioning for the webpage, and thus I cannot ascertain how this computer programme gets information, we must take into consideration a simple fact: Thought is comprised of sensory data. If this AI programme does not have sensory data, it does not have thought. If it does not have thought, it is not "intelligent". I think it would also have to pass the Chinese Room test.

 

I disagree.
Sensory data is simply information introduced into the mind via input channels.
Nerves in out eyes, for example, generate electrical signals, which stimulate brain activity.
How is that really any different than a CCD camera generated electrical signals and stimulating processes ina program? (other than being significantly more complex?)

 

Why would it cost that much?
Where would the money go?
All it would take to develop true AI (if, in fact it is possible) would be some truly ingenious creative thinkers to develop the logic and write the code.
It might take a $250 million super computer to run it at a speed that it would be as useful and promising as people hope, but actually creating it would simply take genius and programming.
If it worked, getting the $250 million for the hardware would be a piece of cake.

 

I definently am going to read up on this. As of now, I believe AI could exist. Maybe it already does (we'll never know). I know whoever created the "intelligent program" is a genius in my mind.

 

Someday, humans will be able to simulate neurons.

 

One_Raven:

You misunderstand me a bit. I would count any artificial senses that truly work on the same foundation as organic senses, in that they'd turn external information into understandable information for the robot, so long as this process also resulted in that robot being able to impact reality in a manner that demonstrated its knowledge of what sensory preceptions consist of, such as through drawing a picture. Also, the robot would have to think purely in these sensory preceptions, not in code, nor could it have any coding for anything beyond being able to understand what it experiences. Moreover, it must have a power of recollection, and from these sensory-thoughts, must be able to abstract and to create new information.

 

I think some of you are missing the bigger picture about A.I. Lets say for example that you compare a brain to a cpu, ok the Cpu can perform complex calculations because and inteligence set designed to do a certain job has been built into a pysical arcitecture of the cpu the same way evolution has built arhitecture into the human brain capable of doing certain tasks, but here in lies the difference a cpu has to self awareness and if you could sustain a human brain from before birth in an environment (a medical bottle) without sensory perception it could be a kind of cpu but self awareness and the ability to emote is what gives us inteligence what you speak it reprogrammable software architecture and that is about as far as you can get from a mind (which is self aware) as you can get.
a humans emotions and desires are part of what builds a mind which is where self awareness exists, by contrast if machines had this we would be history.

A humans first desire is to continue to exist for as long as this is possible, part of this is built in (Genetic Architecture) and part is experience driven, ie: Damage = pain, if pain greater than 0 then hurt, hurt = reduced change of survival. if change of survival is less than 100% then fear. Fear = greater than 0 chance of randomising undesired outcome.

Now if a machine has those same sensory skills that we do, they are going to start doing what ever is in there power to effect change in their favour, if they do not posess those kinds of tools for building an awareness then there can be no intelligence

 

Rom,

Many machines already have certain level of self-awareness.

Self-awareness is not required for Intelligence.

An AI system does not need to have emotions.

AI's thinking should keep improving primarily by gaining more data about the world (not by re-writing its own code). The data-driven thinking is what can make a particular AI system a better problem solver than its original creator.

>A humans first desire is to continue to exist for as long as this is possible

Worldwide, more than 2000 people deliberately kill themselves each day and many more make "unsuccessful" attempts. Primarily, people want to avoid uncomfortable feelings. We form our goals based on those feelings. BTW a goal is what makes intelligence applicable.