[ExI] AI and Innovation

[spike at rainier66.com]

...> On Behalf Of Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat
Cc: Ben Zaiboc <ben at zaiboc.net>
Subject: [ExI] AI and Innovation

>...There seem to be a number of people here who often make use of AI
systems, I was wondering if anyone has noticed any AI coming up with novel
ideas? Can they innovate at all, as opposed to sifting through large amounts
of already known information, creating summaries, doing calculations, etc.?

>...What I'm really asking is, if given a problem, can they come up with a
solution that nobody has thought of before?

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>...Ben

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Ben, I have discovered that every time I come up with any idea no one has
ever thought of before, it turns out to be a really stupid idea.  If an AI
ever did come up with an idea nobody has thought of before, it would be
artificial stupidity.  We already have quite enough of the natural variety
of that.

However... on a brighter note... being able to sift thru large amounts of
already known information and creating summaries is an enormously useful and
beneficial function.  That is a lot of PhD research really.  AI has been a
gift in that way.  Our lives are too short to do all that sifting and
summarizing.

spike