Should we worry about sentient AI?

[AProudLefty]

AI Robot says, I know I am here.

Yes. So does a Furby.

 

[BidenPresident]

Yes. So does a Furby.

Good, problem solved.

 

[AProudLefty]

Good, problem solved.

Yes it is solved. There's nobody home in a Furby.

 

[BidenPresident]

Yes it is solved. There's nobody home in a Furby.

I do not know what "nobody home" means.

 

[AProudLefty]

I do not know what "nobody home" means.

Hmm. Hard to explain. A robot with advanced AI might seem a real person to you, but is it really a real person? That is exactly why Alan Turing devised a test.

You asked if we should worry about sentient AI and I said yes. It is not a real person like you and me. That's the reason why Issac Asimov devised three rules.

 

[BidenPresident]

Hmm. Hard to explain. A robot with advanced AI might seem a real person to you, but is it really a real person? That is exactly why Alan Turing devised a test.

You asked if we should worry about sentient AI and I said yes. It is not a real person like you and me. That's the reason why Issac Asimov devised three rules.

We far surpassed the imitation game. Of course machines can think. And I did not ask you if we should worry, that is from the article. I have no worries about it.

 

[AProudLefty]

We far surpassed the imitation game. Of course machines can think. And I did not ask you if we should worry, that is from the article. I have no worries about it.

I disagree. We haven't surpassed the imitation game. I used to play chess games against computers all the time. They can "think". But that's just the programming doing the "thinking". The heuristic approach. The programs have no emotions, no feelings, no nothing.

 

[BidenPresident]

I disagree. We haven't surpassed the imitation game. I used to play chess games against computers all the time. They can "think". But that's just the programming doing the "thinking". The heuristic approach. The programs have no emotions, no feelings, no nothing.

As Kasparov said, a chess computer does the same thing a human player does, only faster.

 

[AProudLefty]

As Kasparov said, a chess computer does the same thing a human player does, only faster.

In "thinking", yes. Heuristic methods are common in P vs NP problems.

 

[BidenPresident]

In "thinking", yes. Heuristic methods are common in P vs NP problems.

I don't know what P and NP is.

 

[AProudLefty]

I don't know what P and NP is.

It's a problem that cannot be solved because no such solution is discovered.

In the case of a chess game, there is no perfect solution.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P_versus_NP_problem

 

[BidenPresident]

It's a problem that cannot be solved because no such solution is discovered.

In the case of a chess game, there is no perfect solution.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P_versus_NP_problem

All that matters is winning in chess.

 

[AProudLefty]

All that matters is winning in chess.

Yep. LOL. The problem is more akin to taking educated guesses and knowing with your opponent thinks.

 

[BidenPresident]

Yep. LOL. The problem is more akin to taking educated guesses and knowing with your opponent thinks.

Not really. Grandmasters calculate every move and memorize past games.

 

[AProudLefty]

Not really. Grandmasters calculate every move and memorize past games.

Yes they do. Still two Grandmasters have to calculate and presume what their opponent is thinking. Like I said, there is no such perfect solution.

 

[BidenPresident]

Yes they do. Still two Grandmasters have to calculate and presume what their opponent is thinking. Like I said, there is no such perfect solution.

Never said a thing about perfect solution.
Chess is about winning.

 

[AProudLefty]

Never said a thing about perfect solution.
Chess is about winning.

Oh I know. Of course it's about winning.

The point is that a chess program has to do the thinking through heuristic approach to try to win against a real human person.

 

[BidenPresident]

Oh I know. Of course it's about winning.

The point is that a chess program has to do the thinking through heuristic approach to try to win against a real human person.

And they already beat the top chess players.

 

[AProudLefty]

And they already beat the top chess players.

They beat each other. See Bobby Fischer.

 

[BidenPresident]

They beat each other. See Bobby Fischer.

Chess computers have beat top grandmasters. It's over. Computers outplay the best humans.