Artificial Intelligence
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Artificial intelligence generally refers to intelligence that is not biological in nature.
One of the principal problems that I think we have is measuring intelligence, and I believe that that is due mainly to a lack of understanding/ a definition of intelligence. This has to do heavily with the field of epistemology.
Context
I don’t know specifically when I became interested in artificial intelligence. But it was definitely more than a couple of years ago. A definite turning point, though almost certainly not the start, was the Wait but Why AI artilcle. The view that it presents on superintelligence definitely changed the way that I view the future of humanity/AI (closely correlated).
Problems in AI
How do we solve the control problem? Can we?
How do we measure the “intelligence level” of an agent/system? I review an interesting paper on the topic, on the measure of intelligence. This is a good starting point on this problem. It’s hard to improve if you can’t measure what you’re trying to improve.
Future
Currently, my plans for a short-term futer with regards to machine learning are to finish the coursera specialization on Deep Learning. Later, I plan to work in the field, and probably get a masters on the topic.