How A.I. will get smarter than humans
Max Tegmark: I define intelligence as how good something is at accomplishing complex goals. So let's unpack that a little bit. First of all, it's a spectrum of abilities since there are many different goals you can have, so it makes no sense to quantify something's intelligence by just one number like an IQ. To see how ridiculous that would be, just imagine if I told you that athletic ability could be quantified by a single number, the "Athletic Quotient," and whatever athlete had the highest AQ would win all the gold medals in the Olympics. So if you have a machine that's pretty good at some tasks, these days it's usually pretty narrow intelligence, maybe the machine is very good at multiplying numbers fast because it's your pocket calculator, maybe it's good at driving cars or playing Go.
May-30-2018, 20:48:58 GMT