There are people who are absolutely certain AI will amount to nothing.
I am not absolutely certain AI can become more powerful to the point of being indistinguishable from demigodhood, but I can't see any proven barrier that would prevent it.
If the human brain's processes can be emulated they can be sped up. IQ research shows that a great deal of the difference in quality of thought between the dumb and the smart is due to speed.
If that research is correct and AI programmers manage to create a human-like mind it will soon be a superhuman mind as more compute is thrown at the problem.
I am not absolutely certain AI can become more powerful to the point of being indistinguishable from demigodhood, but I can't see any proven barrier that would prevent it.
If the human brain's processes can be emulated they can be sped up. IQ research shows that a great deal of the difference in quality of thought between the dumb and the smart is due to speed.
If that research is correct and AI programmers manage to create a human-like mind it will soon be a superhuman mind as more compute is thrown at the problem.
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@judgedread Robert Anton Wilson said work to increase intelligence is work to solve all our other problems. That by itself makes ai completely worthwhile imho. The fact that it upsets stupid people is just icing on the cake.
In a proper priesthood, the monks would be building AI to solve protein folding, in the tradition of Gregor Mendel (the discoverer of genetics).
I'll wait.