[ExI] AI as teacher

[Stathis Papaioannou]

On Wed, 8 Jun 2022 at 07:21, spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> *From:* extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> *On Behalf
> Of *William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat
> *Sent:* Tuesday, 7 June, 2022 1:04 PM
> *To:* ExI chat list <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
> *Cc:* William Flynn Wallace <foozler83 at gmail.com>
> *Subject:* [ExI] AI as teacher
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> Can AI really develop new ways of thinking?  Or is this about something
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> To those of you who know far more about AI than me, what is going on
> here?   bill w
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> Billw, when we discuss AI, a most persistent problem is how we define it.
> For instance… my neighbor tells me his Tesla has AI.  Reason: it has a
> tracker so it knows his habits (and differentiates that from his bride’s
> habits.)  It knows where he goes for lunch, it knows if he uses the
> drive-thru and if so, it knows that he goes to parks nearby to devour
> take-out.  It knows which fast food he prefers as a function of time of
> day.  It does all this by just measurement of position and time.
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> OK then.  Now he drives the car to a distant city and just says “hungry.”
> It finds local places that match his preference profile, and a park nearby
> if the weather is agreeable (it knows.)  It will suggest a sunny park if it
> is cool (he doesn’t mind) and a shady place if it is warm (he minds) and a
> good indoor place if it is wet or too extreme in either end of the
> thermometer (because it knows.)
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> All this mimics AI but none of it is AI.  As soon as we know how to
> program it, then it is no longer AI, but kinda reminds us of what an AI
> would do if the software had actual intelligence.  Currently the software
> is highly competent but doesn’t know what it is doing.
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What behaviour would the car have to display to demonstrate that it did
know what it was doing?

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Stathis Papaioannou
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