Wednesday, October 25, 2017

AI Unhindered by Paradigms (part 3)


Considering that the DeepMind AlphaGo AI is so unhindered by conventional thought and wisdom related to the game "Go," what does this entail for other instances of AI use in our world? There will likely be a mixture of results, good and bad. On one hand, we may see a Renaissance in technology and advancement in other areas as well. Things that politicians and elected officials have been unable to solve may suddenly have groundbreaking alternatives. For example, what if an AI was given the task of solving the healthcare problem or solving the mess with our tax code? It's possible that the AI could examine these situations and design groundbreaking alternatives, shattering our paradigms simply because it was unhindered by them and was able to reach conclusions we never could have thought of because of our societal biases. But, being unhindered by our way of thinking also opens up another, terrifying likelihood...

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