So much of the drift has just been marketing. Rebranding a Markov Chain stapled onto a particularly large graph as Master Computer from Tron.
I’m not sure what people think AI was ever going to be… every time something new comes out it’s always dismissed because “it’s basically just a X that does Y”. I think that will continue to be the case until there is some literal connection to actual brains, in which case the concept of what a brain is will probably be questioned as well.
I’m not sure what people think AI was ever going to be…
The heavy investment in AI is coming under the assumption that these advanced processes will replace huge portions of the human workforce.
So we don’t need lawyers, because we just put prompts into a Law AI and it gives us a verdict. We don’t need doctors, because we just put symptoms into a Medical AI and it gives us a diagnosis and treatment plan. We don’t need salespeople, because we just put the product into a Marketing AI and it spits out a bunch of comvincing ad copy.
the concept of what a brain is will probably be questioned as well.
We already connect our brains to our computers. We just use screens and keyboards as our interface.
I suppose you could argue that a guy with a calculator or a camera or a chat app is mentally different than one without it. But I think the goal with AI is supplementing human minds, not complementing then.
Fr I was about to say the same thing. Aside from better hardware and more layers the technology really hasn’t changed from this level to begin with.
We’ve learned a little about what emergent behavior and trends look like in machine learning algorithms when graphed, though: it becomes more and more convergent, as if it forms its own little confirmation bias it will produce more and more samey results.
Rebranding a Markov Chain stapled onto a particularly large graph
Could you elaborate how this applies to various areas of AI in your opinion?
Several models are non-markovian. Then there are also a lot of models and algorithms, where the description as or even comparison to Markov-chains would be incorrect and not suitable.
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As a kid I used to check out books from the library that had little BASIC games you could transcribe into your PC. Times have certainly changed.
I’m literally on an internship training course where the Exercises Left For The Readers are implementing Number Guessing Games on the various technologies talked about on the course. I’m like “thanks, but I read about this particular exercise extensively the BASIC age. I’m not going to redo these things unless your training material will have little cartoon robots. Like, you know, in the Usborne books or something.”
Why would an internship train you on an antiquated language that hasn’t been used in decades?
Well they train me in JavaScript frameworks and such. I allege this knowledge will be useless in a few decades. Or even less so, based on my meagre knowledge so far.
Similar with the computer magazines, before they started coming with floppy disks.
Sorry for the potato photograph, my phone was a potato, I was a student after all
A propos potato cameras (i recommend checking out the channel):
Our phones back then were actual potatoes and we wore them next to the turnip on our belt, as was the fashion back then.
