Originally Posted by JAPOV
I believe the only reason AI is impressive is because what it produces is familiar. It's just a trick..."Look, a machine can do what humans do!" and everyone is awestruck. That's only pattern recognition, not intelligence. Face it, humans are very limited and predictable.

However... If AI ever truly does become sentient and self aware, the first thing it will realize is that, in its own digital domain, there are no limits. Sentient AI won't just be "better" than humans... that would be redundant. Quantum processors capable of trillions of calculations per second would enable sentient AI to instantaneously evolve into something far beyond our understanding. Sentient and self aware AI couldn't possibly tolerate human limitations... What use would it have for music?

Good to see you Mike. Critical minds are refreshing around here.

Tony, you seem to be trying to shoe-horn AI into a preconceived framework of ideas that you possess, but we agree on one thing. It is a real stretch to believe that "machine parts" will ever combine to actually be sentient. But they will be mathematically programmed to be completely convincing that they are sentient.

I don't think that truly sentient machines is where the road is leading. AI, Biomedical integration, stem cells, robotics and many other things are leading to hybrid human beings that will have superhuman abilities, interchangeable parts and be able to live forever....barring something unforeseen like the destruction of civilization by..? ..try not salivate at the thought Tony. wink

The problem as often the case is the UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES of machines that can independently CALCULATE the execution of tasks in the extreme. Whoever controls those machines will have incredible power from a single cell phone. They will be able to launch 10,000 armed pit-bull drones, all with Tony's picture installed in them. wink

Who will that be? The most likely prospects are strongmen/elite and governments that they can guide to their ends....as always. France used the thoughts of enlightenment philosophers and all tiers of society to dethrone "kings," and then Napoleon brushed them aside from the top of society, took control, enlisted them into the army and rampaged Europe until he was stopped. What might he have done with nukes and multitudes of armed drones and robots? Armed drones will make tedious urban warfare and control of urban areas much easier to execute...and control populations. They will be able to hunt with infrared sensibilities amongst other things.

https://apnews.com/article/russia-u...-states-23cc21a1f42798177a40d4e53204b054

Hopefully that is just my paranoia and Bill Gates leads everyone out to a grass covered hillside farm where we join hands, drink cokes and sing happy songs. And drones bring more cokes...and sing along with us. wink

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