[MURG] The main problem...

[Yan King Yin]

From: "Scalino Corleone" <scalinocorleone at hotmail.com>

>  I've always thought that the main problem to achieve a true
> human-grade AI was not the processing power (it is of course
> abosolutely required) but rather: how to program intention ?

Intention, or sentience (having human-like emotions), are not
necessarily required for an AI to function as a useful tool.
An AI can simply have rigid goal structures.

[ If you want to discuss this further, a good place is the AGI
or SL4 mailing lists. ]

> That's why I think that mind uploading will be achieved much
> more sooner than such an AI.

The term "human-grade" AI is ill-defined and as such is not
very meaningful. A human-level AI can simply be a tool without
sentience, and as such we're not afraid of them. As for
sentient AIs, I have already said this: "If AI can do X, AI
can do X without sentience." It's redundant.

Facts:
1. Utility-type AIs will arrive before uploading.
2. Sentient AIs will arrive about the same time as uploading.

The discussion re whether AI will take over is very stupid.
AI will not replace us unless we want that to happen. The
only way for it to happen is that a majoring of humans
choose to opt for having sentient AI offsprings (themselves
retiring / dying off); this will result in uploads being
outnumbered and outcompeted. Otherwise this will not happen.

Case closed.
YKY


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