Comments on: How To Create a Mind: Can a marriage between man and machine solve the world’s problems? http://www.kurzweilai.net/the-globe-and-mail-how-to-create-a-mind-can-a-marriage-between-man-and-machine-solve-the-worlds-problems Accelerating Intelligence Tue, 21 May 2013 21:12:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Cybernettr http://www.kurzweilai.net/the-globe-and-mail-how-to-create-a-mind-can-a-marriage-between-man-and-machine-solve-the-worlds-problems/comment-page-1#comment-104700 Cybernettr Sat, 02 Mar 2013 00:03:43 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=181731#comment-104700 Did Google offer Kurzweil a job as a result of his book? In any event, Google are no dummies. They know that the search engine landscape could change very suddenly, virtually overnight. All it would take is for another company to get exclusive access to something like the Watson technology. Google wants to make sure that doesn't happen. Having someone like Kurzweil could allow them to hedge their bets and to be in a better bargaining position if they ever need to buy something like Watson. It's a strategic business decision, pure and simple. Did Google offer Kurzweil a job as a result of his book? In any event, Google are no dummies. They know that the search engine landscape could change very suddenly, virtually overnight. All it would take is for another company to get exclusive access to something like the Watson technology.

Google wants to make sure that doesn’t happen. Having someone like Kurzweil could allow them to hedge their bets and to be in a better bargaining position if they ever need to buy something like Watson. It’s a strategic business decision, pure and simple.

]]> By: asiwel http://www.kurzweilai.net/the-globe-and-mail-how-to-create-a-mind-can-a-marriage-between-man-and-machine-solve-the-worlds-problems/comment-page-1#comment-102436 asiwel Tue, 26 Feb 2013 06:39:02 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=181731#comment-102436 Hopefully ... fortunately .. such an AGI will read literature and history, learn to appreciate art and music, and "see" beauty - as well as math and particles and fields - and then probably make up its own mind about all of that and where to go next. Hopefully … fortunately .. such an AGI will read literature and history, learn to appreciate art and music, and “see” beauty – as well as math and particles and fields – and then probably make up its own mind about all of that and where to go next.

]]> By: Bri http://www.kurzweilai.net/the-globe-and-mail-how-to-create-a-mind-can-a-marriage-between-man-and-machine-solve-the-worlds-problems/comment-page-1#comment-102233 Bri Mon, 25 Feb 2013 19:03:14 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=181731#comment-102233 It's already happened( a sex doll) and will undoubtably happen again. It’s already happened( a sex doll) and will undoubtably happen again.

]]> By: Bob Vasquez http://www.kurzweilai.net/the-globe-and-mail-how-to-create-a-mind-can-a-marriage-between-man-and-machine-solve-the-worlds-problems/comment-page-1#comment-102222 Bob Vasquez Mon, 25 Feb 2013 18:35:47 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=181731#comment-102222 The title hit my funny bone. For some, marrying a machine might be better than their current situation. ;-) The title hit my funny bone. For some, marrying a machine might be better than their current situation. ;-)

]]> By: Bri http://www.kurzweilai.net/the-globe-and-mail-how-to-create-a-mind-can-a-marriage-between-man-and-machine-solve-the-worlds-problems/comment-page-1#comment-102205 Bri Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:41:45 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=181731#comment-102205 Spot on. We have more than enough of the right ingredients. We know of the inevitability of the singularity. At this point very little could derail it. Unfortunately we are the largest obstacle. The transformations will be so great that it has the potential of inflaming luddite sentiments. I don't think they will be enough to stop it entirely but they could cause so much unnecessary suffering. It also could affect how it all plays out making for s darker AI. If we as sentient beings look at a natural scene we are struck by it's beauty. Even the harsh interplay of nature has a quality of beauty. I think AGI will also appreciate all the lesser life forms. It's only if we are a problem for it that we incur the risk of being annihilated by it. If it is a reflection of us we should strive to give it as beautiful a picture as possible to reflect. That up to us not science. Science can only facilitate that. Spot on. We have more than enough of the right ingredients. We know of the inevitability of the singularity. At this point very little could derail it. Unfortunately we are the largest obstacle. The transformations will be so great that it has the potential of inflaming luddite sentiments. I don’t think they will be enough to stop it entirely but they could cause so much unnecessary suffering. It also could affect how it all plays out making for s darker AI. If we as sentient beings look at a natural scene we are struck by it’s beauty. Even the harsh interplay of nature has a quality of beauty. I think AGI will also appreciate all the lesser life forms. It’s only if we are a problem for it that we incur the risk of being annihilated by it. If it is a reflection of us we should strive to give it as beautiful a picture as possible to reflect. That up to us not science. Science can only facilitate that.

]]> By: Roland http://www.kurzweilai.net/the-globe-and-mail-how-to-create-a-mind-can-a-marriage-between-man-and-machine-solve-the-worlds-problems/comment-page-1#comment-102187 Roland Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:40:36 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=181731#comment-102187 > Can a marriage between man and machine solve the world’s problems? If the marriage keeps pursuing mindless growth in a limited environment, such as the planet we live on, the answer would be no. It is about mindset, not about 'better' minds. > Can a marriage between man and machine solve the world’s problems?

If the marriage keeps pursuing mindless growth in a limited environment, such as the planet we live on, the answer would be no. It is about mindset, not about ‘better’ minds.

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