Artificial intelligence is here to stay.

[Ray9]

There is no way to avoid artificial intelligence as the arrow of time proceeds. It occurred to me the other day that in spite of my efforts to avoid it I am already part AI. At 72 my brain’s processing speed is not what it once was.

Few of us have lightening processing speed to instantly answer esoteric trivia questions and we marvel at the performance of James Holzhauer, the current savant-like Jeopardy champion. As we age even retrieved information that used to be automatic sometimes hides in the recesses of our memories.

An example: I could not remember the real name of one of the characters on Gilligan’s Island. I could recall the character-Thurston Howell 111. I tried all the usual tricks, even the alphabet soup of first letters for names; it didn’t work. But now our brains have an electronic extension-our computers so if we just type in the Howell name, the name Jim Backus will pop up.

Our neurons and synapses don’t have to become morons and relapses and we no longer have to wait on a lonely, deserted cerebral highway hoping for a distant recollection from a foggy side road of yesteryear. The cellular structure of our brains and the chemicals that fuel them can jump the gap from the physical world into the cyber universe of ones and zeros where the archived knowledge of billions of others is at our beck and call.

At first blush you would think AI would make our own minds lazy but it’s quite the opposite; it generates a bumper crop of creativity that was hitherto in the shadows. Can’t think of a word? Mine it in reverse. Type the definition into your computer and the chances are very good that word will appear, if not front and center, then further down in a related list.

Put that word into a Thesaurus Program and an array of alternatives arise pointing to tributaries that can lead to rivers of originality. Of course AI is a tool and it can be misused. If we spend all our time watching porn or on the bathroom stall walls of Facebook and Twitter we might as well start making payments to a nursing home.

AI is here to stay; it’s in industry, it’s in medicine, it’s even in our music. It’s artificial but it’s a natural next step. Embrace it and be happy.

 

[Pete7469]

It's better than the natural idiocy of the libturds...

 

[dblack]

An example: I could not remember the real name of one of the characters on Gilligan’s Island. I could recall the character-Thurston Howell 111. I tried all the usual tricks, even the alphabet soup of first letters for names; it didn’t work. But now our brains have an electronic extension-our computers so if we just type in the Howell name, the name Jim Backus will pop up.

If your brain is flushing out knowledge of Gilligan's Island, I'd say it's working fine.

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

There is no way to avoid artificial intelligence as the arrow of time proceeds. It occurred to me the other day that in spite of my efforts to avoid it I am already part AI. At 72 my brain’s processing speed is not what it once was.

Few of us have lightening processing speed to instantly answer esoteric trivia questions and we marvel at the performance of James Holzhauer, the current savant-like Jeopardy champion. As we age even retrieved information that used to be automatic sometimes hides in the recesses of our memories.

An example: I could not remember the real name of one of the characters on Gilligan’s Island. I could recall the character-Thurston Howell 111. I tried all the usual tricks, even the alphabet soup of first letters for names; it didn’t work. But now our brains have an electronic extension-our computers so if we just type in the Howell name, the name Jim Backus will pop up.

Our neurons and synapses don’t have to become morons and relapses and we no longer have to wait on a lonely, deserted cerebral highway hoping for a distant recollection from a foggy side road of yesteryear. The cellular structure of our brains and the chemicals that fuel them can jump the gap from the physical world into the cyber universe of ones and zeros where the archived knowledge of billions of others is at our beck and call.

At first blush you would think AI would make our own minds lazy but it’s quite the opposite; it generates a bumper crop of creativity that was hitherto in the shadows. Can’t think of a word? Mine it in reverse. Type the definition into your computer and the chances are very good that word will appear, if not front and center, then further down in a related list.

Put that word into a Thesaurus Program and an array of alternatives arise pointing to tributaries that can lead to rivers of originality. Of course AI is a tool and it can be misused. If we spend all our time watching porn or on the bathroom stall walls of Facebook and Twitter we might as well start making payments to a nursing home.

AI is here to stay; it’s in industry, it’s in medicine, it’s even in our music. It’s artificial but it’s a natural next step. Embrace it and be happy.

So long as we retain the power to pull the plug.

 

[Ray9]

An example: I could not remember the real name of one of the characters on Gilligan’s Island. I could recall the character-Thurston Howell 111. I tried all the usual tricks, even the alphabet soup of first letters for names; it didn’t work. But now our brains have an electronic extension-our computers so if we just type in the Howell name, the name Jim Backus will pop up.

If your brain is flushing out knowledge of Gilligan's Island, I'd say it's working fine.

It's in the computer on my bicycle. It connects to a satellite that gives me my speed, location and even storms in the area. I ride 50 miles a day. I wear a heartrate monitor and a wrist device that displays my blood pressure.

I have two Go Pro cameras that record my rides and connect through WIFI to my computer. So if anything happens my wife will know . I love AI.

 

[dblack]

An example: I could not remember the real name of one of the characters on Gilligan’s Island. I could recall the character-Thurston Howell 111. I tried all the usual tricks, even the alphabet soup of first letters for names; it didn’t work. But now our brains have an electronic extension-our computers so if we just type in the Howell name, the name Jim Backus will pop up.

If your brain is flushing out knowledge of Gilligan's Island, I'd say it's working fine.

It's in the computer on my bicycle. It connects to a satellite that gives me my speed, location and even storms in the area. I ride 50 miles a day. I wear a heartrate monitor and a wrist device that displays my blood pressure.

I have two Go Pro cameras that record my rides and connect through WIFI to my computer. So if anything happens my wife will know . I love AI.

Right now it's most supplemental, and I think it will remain in the role for some time. After that....

 

[dblack]

I tend to think the future of AI will be a merging with human intelligence, rather than conflicting with it. As AI becomes more and more prominent we'll integrate it with our daily lives - more or less like we're doing now, but much more pervasively. Eventually, I suspect the question of whether AI is smarter than humans will dissolve.

 

[Dekster]

An example: I could not remember the real name of one of the characters on Gilligan’s Island. I could recall the character-Thurston Howell 111. I tried all the usual tricks, even the alphabet soup of first letters for names; it didn’t work. But now our brains have an electronic extension-our computers so if we just type in the Howell name, the name Jim Backus will pop up.

If your brain is flushing out knowledge of Gilligan's Island, I'd say it's working fine.

It's in the computer on my bicycle. It connects to a satellite that gives me my speed, location and even storms in the area. I ride 50 miles a day. I wear a heartrate monitor and a wrist device that displays my blood pressure.

I have two Go Pro cameras that record my rides and connect through WIFI to my computer. So if anything happens my wife will know . I love AI.

Except none of the things you mentioned are artificial intelligence.

 

[james bond]

Except none of the things you mentioned are artificial intelligence.

Well, there's AI and then there's AI.

 

[Ray9]

An example: I could not remember the real name of one of the characters on Gilligan’s Island. I could recall the character-Thurston Howell 111. I tried all the usual tricks, even the alphabet soup of first letters for names; it didn’t work. But now our brains have an electronic extension-our computers so if we just type in the Howell name, the name Jim Backus will pop up.

If your brain is flushing out knowledge of Gilligan's Island, I'd say it's working fine.

It's in the computer on my bicycle. It connects to a satellite that gives me my speed, location and even storms in the area. I ride 50 miles a day. I wear a heartrate monitor and a wrist device that displays my blood pressure.

I have two Go Pro cameras that record my rides and connect through WIFI to my computer. So if anything happens my wife will know . I love AI.

Except none of the things you mentioned are artificial intelligence.

I disagree. And I didn't even mention my cell phone Which I didn't have back in the 1980's when I was racing my bicycle every weekend. An unfixable flat tire back then resulted in a long walk home.

 

[Dekster]

An example: I could not remember the real name of one of the characters on Gilligan’s Island. I could recall the character-Thurston Howell 111. I tried all the usual tricks, even the alphabet soup of first letters for names; it didn’t work. But now our brains have an electronic extension-our computers so if we just type in the Howell name, the name Jim Backus will pop up.

If your brain is flushing out knowledge of Gilligan's Island, I'd say it's working fine.

It's in the computer on my bicycle. It connects to a satellite that gives me my speed, location and even storms in the area. I ride 50 miles a day. I wear a heartrate monitor and a wrist device that displays my blood pressure.

I have two Go Pro cameras that record my rides and connect through WIFI to my computer. So if anything happens my wife will know . I love AI.

Except none of the things you mentioned are artificial intelligence.

I disagree. And I didn't even mention my cell phone Which I didn't have back in the 1980's when I was racing my bicycle every weekend. An unfixable flat tire back then resulted in a long walk home.

Convenience does not make it intelligence. Hammers are convenient too, and like the things you described, they are just tools that do the same thing over and over again.

 

[Ray9]

An example: I could not remember the real name of one of the characters on Gilligan’s Island. I could recall the character-Thurston Howell 111. I tried all the usual tricks, even the alphabet soup of first letters for names; it didn’t work. But now our brains have an electronic extension-our computers so if we just type in the Howell name, the name Jim Backus will pop up.

If your brain is flushing out knowledge of Gilligan's Island, I'd say it's working fine.

It's in the computer on my bicycle. It connects to a satellite that gives me my speed, location and even storms in the area. I ride 50 miles a day. I wear a heartrate monitor and a wrist device that displays my blood pressure.

I have two Go Pro cameras that record my rides and connect through WIFI to my computer. So if anything happens my wife will know . I love AI.

Except none of the things you mentioned are artificial intelligence.

I disagree. And I didn't even mention my cell phone Which I didn't have back in the 1980's when I was racing my bicycle every weekend. An unfixable flat tire back then resulted in a long walk home.

Convenience does not make it intelligence. Hammers are convenient too, and like the things you described, they are just tools that do the same thing over and over again.

My hammer connects with a satellite? Why do I keep hitting my thumb?

 

[dblack]

If your brain is flushing out knowledge of Gilligan's Island, I'd say it's working fine.

It's in the computer on my bicycle. It connects to a satellite that gives me my speed, location and even storms in the area. I ride 50 miles a day. I wear a heartrate monitor and a wrist device that displays my blood pressure.

I have two Go Pro cameras that record my rides and connect through WIFI to my computer. So if anything happens my wife will know . I love AI.

Except none of the things you mentioned are artificial intelligence.

I disagree. And I didn't even mention my cell phone Which I didn't have back in the 1980's when I was racing my bicycle every weekend. An unfixable flat tire back then resulted in a long walk home.

Convenience does not make it intelligence. Hammers are convenient too, and like the things you described, they are just tools that do the same thing over and over again.

My hammer connects with a satellite? Why do I keep hitting my thumb?

Some intelligence is more artificial than others.

 

[Dekster]

If your brain is flushing out knowledge of Gilligan's Island, I'd say it's working fine.

It's in the computer on my bicycle. It connects to a satellite that gives me my speed, location and even storms in the area. I ride 50 miles a day. I wear a heartrate monitor and a wrist device that displays my blood pressure.

I have two Go Pro cameras that record my rides and connect through WIFI to my computer. So if anything happens my wife will know . I love AI.

Except none of the things you mentioned are artificial intelligence.

I disagree. And I didn't even mention my cell phone Which I didn't have back in the 1980's when I was racing my bicycle every weekend. An unfixable flat tire back then resulted in a long walk home.

Convenience does not make it intelligence. Hammers are convenient too, and like the things you described, they are just tools that do the same thing over and over again.

My hammer connects with a satellite? Why do I keep hitting my thumb?

Chinese denial of service attack probably. Certainly couldn't be end-user malfunction.

 

[SandSquid]

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An example: I could not remember the real name of one of the characters on Gilligan’s Island. I could recall the character-Thurston Howell 111. I tried all the usual tricks, even the alphabet soup of first letters for names; it didn’t work. But now our brains have an electronic extension-our computers so if we just type in the Howell name, the name Jim Backus will pop up.

If your brain is flushing out knowledge of Gilligan's Island, I'd say it's working fine.

It's in the computer on my bicycle. It connects to a satellite that gives me my speed, location and even storms in the area. I ride 50 miles a day. I wear a heartrate monitor and a wrist device that displays my blood pressure.

I have two Go Pro cameras that record my rides and connect through WIFI to my computer. So if anything happens my wife will know . I love AI.

Except none of the things you mentioned are artificial intelligence.

I disagree. And I didn't even mention my cell phone Which I didn't have back in the 1980's when I was racing my bicycle every weekend. An unfixable flat tire back then resulted in a long walk home.

Depends on how you define AI. Some would say it's a machines ability to mimic something a person can do. So yes, instead of you having a person checking your heart-rate and giving you that answer, a machine is. Instead of you looking up a persons name or checking the weather, a machine is doing that for you. Another definition is they can mimic cognitive functions that a person would do. Technically playing a handheld poker or racing game from 20+ years ago would be that, mimicing your opponent.

So instead of calling 411 to get a number for a tow truck, your smartphone can take the information you give it (entering tow truck in google), figure you aren't just looking for a definition, but actually wanting a tow truck service, determine your location, determine which places are open and available nearby, and get you in contact with them.

I believe that's called the AI effect. Where as those things become commonplace it's no longer magical and people say it's just computation.

 

[miketx]

An example: I could not remember the real name of one of the characters on Gilligan’s Island. I could recall the character-Thurston Howell 111. I tried all the usual tricks, even the alphabet soup of first letters for names; it didn’t work. But now our brains have an electronic extension-our computers so if we just type in the Howell name, the name Jim Backus will pop up.

If your brain is flushing out knowledge of Gilligan's Island, I'd say it's working fine.

It's in the computer on my bicycle. It connects to a satellite that gives me my speed, location and even storms in the area. I ride 50 miles a day. I wear a heartrate monitor and a wrist device that displays my blood pressure.

I have two Go Pro cameras that record my rides and connect through WIFI to my computer. So if anything happens my wife will know . I love AI.

You have been assimilated! Seriously, I get a kick out of it when i hear younger people say that old folks are tech illiterate! I work on computers at home all the time and even make money doing it sometimes. My friend gave me 2 older dell pc's and one had a fried motherboard and the other wasn't set up right. Made one out of two and now I have another working win 7 pc.

 

[Moonglow]

Mus

An example: I could not remember the real name of one of the characters on Gilligan’s Island. I could recall the character-Thurston Howell 111. I tried all the usual tricks, even the alphabet soup of first letters for names; it didn’t work. But now our brains have an electronic extension-our computers so if we just type in the Howell name, the name Jim Backus will pop up.

If your brain is flushing out knowledge of Gilligan's Island, I'd say it's working fine.

It's in the computer on my bicycle. It connects to a satellite that gives me my speed, location and even storms in the area. I ride 50 miles a day. I wear a heartrate monitor and a wrist device that displays my blood pressure.

I have two Go Pro cameras that record my rides and connect through WIFI to my computer. So if anything happens my wife will know . I love AI.

Must be flat where you live to ride fifty miles...at 72..ahem..

 

[dblack]

Mus

An example: I could not remember the real name of one of the characters on Gilligan’s Island. I could recall the character-Thurston Howell 111. I tried all the usual tricks, even the alphabet soup of first letters for names; it didn’t work. But now our brains have an electronic extension-our computers so if we just type in the Howell name, the name Jim Backus will pop up.

If your brain is flushing out knowledge of Gilligan's Island, I'd say it's working fine.

It's in the computer on my bicycle. It connects to a satellite that gives me my speed, location and even storms in the area. I ride 50 miles a day. I wear a heartrate monitor and a wrist device that displays my blood pressure.

I have two Go Pro cameras that record my rides and connect through WIFI to my computer. So if anything happens my wife will know . I love AI.

Must be flat where you live to ride fifty miles...at 72..ahem..

That's not that unusual.

 

[james bond]

I think right now we're getting the AI-type apps that help us with our daily chores and routines as answer e-mail using a phone or typing a response orally to this forum. It may be able to give you directions if you are driving someplace you aren't familiar with. Really sophisticated AI is suppose to be able to masquerade itself so well that you cannot figure out whether you are talking with a person or a machine. Usually, a person would remember the last conversation you had with them and know things about your family and interests.

 

[petro]

When the discussion leads to artificial sentience, then I will believe AI.
Anything else is just clever coding.