"jeff nordahl" <jnordahl@hotmail.com> writes:
> Can someone please explain their motive for creating an AI in the first
> place. What would you use it for?
Beside the obvious usefulness of smart or independent programs (just imagine having a good secretary for all your projects!) and research interest, I think the greatest benefit of AI would be to have a different perspective. An AI would not be a human, and even if there might be some similarities due to programming or design criteria it would develop its own very different worldview. I think this would benefit us tremendously, as a diversity of viewpoints tends to make solving problems easier and question many assumptions taken for granted
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