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Well, for the purposes of a central authority to run 'our' lives, why toy around with machines that are far simpler than humans? Why not use the best there is, i.e.: actual humans? Some might argue that it's a complex, rewarding job.
Well, for the purposes of a central authority to run 'our' lives, why toy around with machines that are far simpler than humans? Why not use the best there is, i.e.: actual humans? Some might argue that it's a complex, rewarding job.
Here's a hint.
The original problem was that we humans do a bad job.
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Then why on earth would you want the replacement to act like a human?
Because I don't want a replacement! It's those pot-smoking hippies with adulterated imaginations and scant real-world experience with computers who think that machines can be magically programmed to be wise or to talk in a Quote
It's a stupid projection of an ideal human onto a machine.
It's a crucial mistake to think that a better intelligence lies along the same lines as human intelligence.
But it is an easy mistake to make because human intelligence seems like the best kind of intelligence we know of.
It's a crucial mistake to think that a better intelligence lies along the same lines as human intelligence.
But it is an easy mistake to make because human intelligence seems like the best kind of intelligence we know of.
These computers, which some people are in awe of, are merely an extension of human intelligence. The algorithms may sometimes give surprising results, but that's irrelevant. Oh well, programmers are generally pretty smart people. Maybe they should be in charge?
