Artificial Intelligence and Singularity

[Hellblazer]

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The coming technological singularity: How to survive in the post-human era

The acceleration of technological progress has been the central feature of this century. I post in this topic that we are on the edge of change comparable to the rise of human life on Earth. The precise cause of this change is the imminent creation by technology of entities with greater than human intelligence. There are several means by which science may achieve this breakthrough (and this is another reason for having confidence that the event will occur): (1) the development of computers that are 'awake' and superhumanly intelligent (to date, most controversy in the area of AI relates to whether we can create human equivalence in a machine. But if the answer is 'yes, we can', then there is little doubt that beings more intelligent can be constructed shortly thereafter); (2) large computer networks (and their associated users) may 'wake up' as a superhumanly intelligent entity; (3) computer/human interfaces may become so intimate that users may reasonably be considered superhumanly intelligent; and (4) biological science may find ways to improve upon the natural human intellect. The first three possibilities depend in large part on improvements in computer hardware. Progress in computer hardware has followed an amazingly steady curve in the last few decades. Based largely on this trend, I believe that the creation of greater than human intelligence will occur during the next hundred years.

is this purely science fiction lang? or maybe, just maybe, it is possible that in the near future, computers and machines will gain sentience and will rise to the status of thinking for "themselves." if this should come to pass, then the scenario will be that man & machine may/may not co-exist in peace.

[Existanz]

The coming technological singularity: How to survive in the post-human era

The acceleration of technological progress has been the central feature of this century. I post in this topic that we are on the edge of change comparable to the rise of human life on Earth. The precise cause of this change is the imminent creation by technology of entities with greater than human intelligence. There are several means by which science may achieve this breakthrough (and this is another reason for having confidence that the event will occur): (1) the development of computers that are 'awake' and superhumanly intelligent (to date, most controversy in the area of AI relates to whether we can create human equivalence in a machine. But if the answer is 'yes, we can', then there is little doubt that beings more intelligent can be constructed shortly thereafter); (2) large computer networks (and their associated users) may 'wake up' as a superhumanly intelligent entity; (3) computer/human interfaces may become so intimate that users may reasonably be considered superhumanly intelligent; and (4) biological science may find ways to improve upon the natural human intellect. The first three possibilities depend in large part on improvements in computer hardware. Progress in computer hardware has followed an amazingly steady curve in the last few decades. Based largely on this trend, I believe that the creation of greater than human intelligence will occur during the next hundred years.

is this purely science fiction lang? or maybe, just maybe, it is possible that in the near future, computers and machines will gain sentience and will rise to the status of thinking for "themselves." if this should come to pass, then the scenario will be that man & machine may/may not co-exist in peace.

Intelligent machine is possible in a distance future, but not up to a point as surpassing the human mind. For example the question about how can we make a program that simulates what we called 'Common Sense'? like when we solve our algebra equation, there is this sudden realization from somewhere in our mind that we get it- that we found the solution. Like what happen to Archimedes when it finally dawn on him the idea of bouyancy and expectedly exclaim "Eureka!" Adding to the fact that human infer some 'Truths' without even knowing how to prove it, like the axioms in mathematics.

[tripwire]

If AI can 100% duplicate the 5 senses like human does, then it's possible. In my opinion lang.

[Existanz]

If AI can 100% duplicate the 5 senses like human does, then it's possible. In my opinion lang.

Electronic Sensing or "e-sensing" technologies and pattern recognition systems are already here, and they perform better than nature.

[an0nym0us]

The actual computing power at hand is decades ahead than what is known to the public . . . To get a small idea of what we're capable, try to read the works of Leonard Adleman and the succeeding works on DNA Computing. . .