Our current intellectual milieu is largely incapable of nuance—everything is black or white, on or off, good or evil. Too many people believe that the AI question is as bipolar as every other topic is today: Will AI be godlike or will it be worthless? Will it be a force for absolute good or a force for absolute evil?
It's nice to see someone in the inner circles of the hype finally acknowledge that AI, like just about everything else, will almost certainly not exist at the extremes. Neither God nor Satan, neither omnipotent nor worthless: useful but not humanity's final apotheosis.
Whoa there, hold yer horses ;) Let's wait and see until we have something like an answer to "will it be intelligent?" Then we might be ready to start trying to answer "will it be useful?"
I agree completely though, it's nice to see a glimmer of sanity.
EDIT: My best hope is this bubble bursts catastrophically, and puts the dotcom crash to shame. Then we might get some sensible regulation over the absolute deluge of fraudulent, George Jetson spacecamp bull shit these clowndick companies spew on a daily basis.
Our current intellectual milieu is largely incapable of nuance—everything is black or white, on or off, good or evil. Too many people believe that the AI question is as bipolar as every other topic is today: Will AI be godlike or will it be worthless? Will it be a force for absolute good or a force for absolute evil?
It's nice to see someone in the inner circles of the hype finally acknowledge that AI, like just about everything else, will almost certainly not exist at the extremes. Neither God nor Satan, neither omnipotent nor worthless: useful but not humanity's final apotheosis.