A computer would deserve to be called intelligent if it could deceive a human into believing that it was human,”-Alan Turner
By: Eli Karam
Lately I have found myself immensely inclined and fascinated with Artificial Intelligence, and the future of technology. Now before you say anything, this isn’t some crazy guy sitting in his PJ’s surrounded by empty Mountain Dew bottles (not yet at least) writing about a robot machine apocalypse as in the Terminator series. I am here to touch on the fact that we humans have evolved immensely from where we were 20 years ago. We are consumed by technology, and it is only advancing. I am so impressed by what we have accomplished that I really started thinking of a world where AI’s could interact with humans on a daily basis.
We have seen this slightly with Siri, Eva, or apps similar but are these intelligent? Turner said if a machine can deceive a human into thinking it was in fact human, then that machine can be labeled as ‘intelligent’. So for example when you interact with Siri, you know it isn’t human by her verbiage, and how her answers are more facts than opinion. So fascinated by this, I recently watched Ex-Machina (2015), Transcendence (2014), & Her (2013); which are films I highly recommend watching to understand more about AI in the future. Will Smith’s iRobot is also a classic must watch as well.
IBM has created their version of an AI named Watson, which is pretty impressive if you have seen the commercials of ‘it’ interacting with celebrities like Ron Howard. Microsoft has also been toying around with an AI of their own, named Tay. The article below is really a must read! It’s pretty funny to say the least but also kind of scary. Basically Microsoft had to shutdown Tay after she started commenting racial jargons to users on Twitter. They code AI’s to “learn from those it interacts with”. Turner believed machines have the capacity for creativity, which is exactly what Tay executed in a satire but degrading way. What do you think? Can you imagine a world with AI’s? Email me your thoughts or comment below!
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