484 – Topics

00:03 Horse and cow: concepts of artificial intelligence, two agendas – use and communication, the problem of quantifying intelligence, quantity vs condition, human intelligence measurements, computer algorithms, psychology, smart computers, horse and cow intelligence test, puppy love

15:25 Emergent realities: Stephen Hawking’s apocalyptic AI warning, singularity movement, computers make mistakes, self-driving car failures, smartness, the Turing test, artificial ‘human’ characteristics, emergent quality, Mr Spock and Mr Data, volition and values

32:55 Capacity for growth: future of intelligence technology, science fiction projections, playing chess with computers, Gary Kasperov, Deep Blue, computer limitations in calculations, computational complexity, the Travelling Salesman Problem

45:30 Where’s my robot? intelligence test – artificial stupidity, Mark Tilden – Mr Robot, beyond algorithms, mathematical chaos, creativity, expectations of human behaviour, false expectations, issue defined by arts and entertainment fiction, Arthur C Clarke’s intelligence theory, structure over substance, experiencing consciousness

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