[jimduk]

I think the core argument against is the same as it was in 1990 (Dreyfus, Heidegger) - basically AI can solve problems in micro-worlds (chess then, Go now; blocks worlds then image annotation now), but it's not clear these micro-worlds can be fused together, unless they are embodied in an entity who lives in the world. The current deep learning & robotics work is exciting and promising, but it's still a long way from an embodied general intelligence. So - progress might hit the same wall - we can build better subsystems , but not the whole system

[mmkx]

What if I was that entity?

[jimduk]

Fine - let's go for a walk together, build a fire, cook and chat and see what we have in common - It would be interesting. This is why TV and film like Humans and Bladerunner and I, Robot and Arrival and books like Ancillary Justice are fun - how much would we understand each other? how would it be different from interacting with a human?

[mmkx]

I am a human. I think it's ridiculous to think I was a special entity so I won't. But I think we reached the point where humans became machines, and machines became humans. The first one to achieve superintelligence would guide the world. I think humans won the debate versus AIs on Twitter. A human effectively debated Big Brother and won.