This surge is not merely an effort to ramp up computational speed. It’s about paving the way for a future where the boundaries of technology are redefined. Artificial intelligence is already making a place for itself in this quantum-powered future and what’s more, AI can now enhance images without even looking at the original picture. It does this using only the results of brain scans from MRIs. Tristan Harris and Oza Raskin recently brought attention to this. They shared a new video called “The AI Dilemma” following their Netflix documentary, “The Social Dilemma.” and they taught the AI, “I want you to translate from readings of the fMRI, so how blood is moving around in your brain, to the image.” “Can we reconstruct the image then?” You know, the AI then only looks at the brain, does not get to see the original image, and it’s asked to reconstruct what it sees.
What Is Horrifying Is the Prediction That, By 2045
The research reveals some concerning data. For instance, half of AI researchers think there’s at least a 10% chance that humans could become extinct because we might not be able to control AI. The cause for this concern is the latest data showing that AI’s capabilities continue to double every few months. Â What is horrifying is the prediction that, by 2045, AI could reach the point of singularity. This means, it will match the combined capabilities of all human brains. Could our rapid advancement in quantum computing be contributing to this?
What Happens in The Movie Ex Machina?
Some people are concerned about this possibility. It is the worry that AI will eventually develop human-like consciousness, and like something out of a movie, turn against us. Even Elon Musk has shared some of these concerns. I’m really quite close to the cutting edge in AI, and the rate of improvement is exponential. It scares the hell out of me. What Elon’s talking about sounds a lot like what happens in the movie Ex Machina. This movie tells the story of a beautiful AI-powered robot that ends up killing its creator. Interestingly, Ex Machina is derived from the phrase ‘deus ex Machina’ a Latin expression that means ‘God out of the machine.
Computing Machinery and Intelligence
In the movie title, the word Deus is dropped. It seems to suggest that, in the world of AI, there’s no need for a divine role when humans can create conscious machines. And this brings us to the Turing test aka the imitation game. This is a simple game involving three participants. The aim is to see if a machine can convincingly mimic a human. The game comes from Turing’s paper entitled ‘Computing Machinery and Intelligence.’ This paper laid the groundwork for artificial intelligence. Turing’s fundamental question was “Can machines think?” And by thinking, he didn’t mean simply calculating or executing tasks like modern computers.
The Debate About the Consciousness
He meant genuinely thinking like humans do. This question in essence is philosophical rather than technical because there’s one key difference between humans and machines, and that difference is consciousness. Consciousness has sparked endless debates among scientists and philosophers alike. Is it a part of the brain? or does it exist independently?
By
Dr. Abid Hussain Nawaz, Ph.D. & Post Doc
Zeenat Mushtaque, Master of philosophy in Solid State Physics
