Learning to Cooperate, Compete, and Communicate
Am I the only one that finds this scary?<p>As I have repeatedly said, so far the intelligence we have been producing is NOT the kind that applies abstract logic rules to figure out meaning.<p>It is the kind that takes full advantage of computers&#x27; strengths: perfect copying and speed.<p>So good ideas are copied and propagate. Neural networks are just this on steroids... basically extracting signals from noise and doing a search in a space to maximize something, and storing the results.<p>Humans were able to transmit knowledge, then produce books etc. Now bits can be perfectly copied with checksums.<p>This isn&#x27;t general intelligence in the human sense. But that&#x27;s what makes it scary. It can solve these problems with brute force. Resistance soon may really be futile. Not just in running, avoiding capture and death. But also in ANY human system we rely on, including voting, due process of law, trust, reputation, family, sex, humor, etc.