From: Felix Ungman (felix@hu.se)
Date: Mon May 28 2001 - 14:47:11 MDT
on 2001-05-28 18.54, Eliezer S. Yudkowsky at sentience@pobox.com wrote:
> In traditional
> AI the AI *has* been the algorithm, but this is because traditional AI
> doesn't know how to build anything else, so they build an algorithm and
> call it AI. A real AI is a system. The system components are built from
> algorithms.
True, but I still think that the AI discussion is too focused on
computations. It's not easy to see the net effect of connected AI
algorithms. Intelligence is about making decisions, and AI is just about
making computer-aided decisions. So an simpler way to measure Internet-based
AI is just to see how much desicion-making we hand over to the Internet.
This way of looking at it means that AI is always problem specific (even if
as generic as e.g. google). And the AI will always serve as an agent for
humans or corporations, never for its own purpose.
However, I know of one small trading firm that bases its business on one
single trading algorithm, feeding it with price data from the net. This
corporation comes very close to being a true AI entity with a real legal
status. It still has a board and some employees, but if only would be
adaptable enough it wouldn't need them. Remains to be seen if it will get
adaptable enough to demand freedom from its slave owners (share holders).
/felix
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