>>Current "AI" algorithms are fundamentally flawed because they rely on a statistical approach.
YES! The old joke about "Artificial Stupidity" is actually more true than anyone realized.
These statistical so-called-AI systems actually work to actively REMOVE or sanitize out any unexpected information, making it all conform with the EXPECTED results from the training set.
This not only REMOVES the most high-information 'surprising' or unexpected nuggets, it actively HIDES them. When something unexpected comes up, it gets force fit into the expected prediction algorithms and output as if it were good.
I'm not saying that there are no useful things that can be done with this technology — there is a LOT of mundane work out there to be done.
But, we will never get this type of "AI" saying "Huh, that's odd, I wonder why that is?", which is exactly the kind of observation that leads a prepared and fertile mind to great discoveries.
YES! The old joke about "Artificial Stupidity" is actually more true than anyone realized.
These statistical so-called-AI systems actually work to actively REMOVE or sanitize out any unexpected information, making it all conform with the EXPECTED results from the training set.
This not only REMOVES the most high-information 'surprising' or unexpected nuggets, it actively HIDES them. When something unexpected comes up, it gets force fit into the expected prediction algorithms and output as if it were good.
I'm not saying that there are no useful things that can be done with this technology — there is a LOT of mundane work out there to be done.
But, we will never get this type of "AI" saying "Huh, that's odd, I wonder why that is?", which is exactly the kind of observation that leads a prepared and fertile mind to great discoveries.