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A.I. Developer Challenges Pro-Human Bias
destinyland writes "After 13 years, the creator of the Noble Ape cognitive simulation says he's learned two things about artificial intelligence. 'Survival is a far better metric of intelligence than replicating human intelligence,' and "There are a number of examples of vastly more intelligent systems (in terms of survival) than human intelligence." Both Apple and Intel have used his simulation as a processor metric, but now Tom Barbalet argues its insights could be broadly applied to real life. His examples of durable non-human systems? The legal system, the health care system, and even the internet, where individual humans are simply the 'passive maintaining agents,' and the systems can't be conquered without a human onslaught that's several magnitudes larger."
Survival is a terrible metric of intelligence. By that standard, lions and tigers and bears are the most intelligent species on the planet.
They were, then we started shooting them. Who's the smartest one now, bitches?
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By that standard, lions and tigers and bears...
<Dorothy>Oh my!</Dorothy>
The CB App. What's your 20?
MRSA is, of course.
Or maybe a species that we can't afford to exterminate. Bees or spiders maybe? Or perhaps a species of bacteria important to our digestion? When there are two species X and Y, and X could in theory slay Y, but cannot live without Y, while Y can live without X but cannot slay X, which one is 'smarter'?
You're right; that fake word refuses to die.
Sharks man, freaking sharks.
Exactly. The next evolutionary level: sharks with laser-beams.
MRSA. That's an interesting thought.
But I think normal human G.I. flora are much more intelligent than any variety of staph aureus. These colonies have surrounded themselves with incredibly complex biological organisms that actually have the demonstrated the ability to surround themselves with non-biological constructions that have even allowed some of the G.I. colonies to travel off planet.
Now maybe some of you don't buy that line of reasoning. Well, just think about this: All those reports of alien abductions where the humans experienced anal probes? Obviously the aliens are attempting to communicate with the G.I. flora who are the truly dominant species of Earth.
Will
That's "what" you "said", right?
Brain surgery - it's not rocket science!