Re: Resignation

From: Jason Etheridge <phasefx_at_nyob>
Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 11:18:11 -0400
To: NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu
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> In my experience, the fulfillment of the big promises of AI are always
> "just 5 or 10 years" away.

To be fair to AI, I think the goal posts keep shifting.  Will AI ever
be able to do everything a human can do?  No idea.  Can AI do some
things better than humans now?  Indubitably.

Can computers solve all problems?  No.  Some things are not
computable.  Can humans?  Maybe with computers. :)  Are we becoming so
enmeshed with our technology that one day there might not be a
difference between biological and machine intelligence?

<snip>
> In my opinion, AI will never (*should* never) be more
> than a supplement to human intelligence, never a replacement for it.

<spooky music>AI might have a different opinion on that</spooky music> ;)

-- Jason
http://esilibrary.com/
Received on Wed Sep 05 2007 - 09:24:41 EDT