Discussion about this post

User's avatar
Pediatrics On The Front Line's avatar

I'm quite concerned about the label "A.I.".

The extraordinary achievements made in identifying protein folding configurations were the results of efforts made by extremely intelligent coders who designed a PROGRAM which is neither artificial nor intelligent.

The analogous model would be semiconductors. The fact that quantum computing works and tunneling occurs in non-intuitive ways makes neither the electron nor the computer intelligent.

This is not a mere question of semantics. Turing notwithstanding, the use of such monikers creates a perceived reality which has not been shown to exist.

Expand full comment
Ryan McCormick, M.D.'s avatar

Awesome. I hope they continue to honor the wee human geniuses who created these AI techs. We will someday be the ancient and fragile gods who spawned the creatures that colonize the galaxy… assuming we can get through this climate crisis and other existential threats, and the return of 1980’s style clothing.

Expand full comment
2 more comments...

No posts