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Bintz 1 Jordan Bintz English 1201 Adrienne Cassel 12 April 2015 Artificial Intelligence When compared to all other beings, the intelligence in humans makes us more distinguished as a species and aids us in our remarkable abilities. The statement previous to this is an opinion based in fact. Truly, humans are not very genetically different than any other species. People have the same basic needs and desires as animals. The idea that separates us from “them” is just that, our ideas. Somehow or another, we are the group that is more intelligent, compassionate, and innovative. Not only can one tell others these things, but from there, others can comprehend and philosophize them. We are the only species to question why we are the way we are. Our minds are wired differently. The human brain is the most complicated thing in the world, according to itself. All of this begs the question; can our thoughts be replicated? Should they be? Artificial intelligence is already on the rise, but certain individuals would like that to stop. They are afraid of the undetermined outcomes of this evolving technology. This is an honorable approach, but one that is unnecessary. The research of Artificial Intelligence (AI) should be furthered greatly, because it will revolutionize the world, solve problems of various kinds, and at the very least, officially determine whether or not it is possible/safe. First off, the very definition of AI is a machine capable of thought and able to exercise it. This can be extended to include a number of different, smaller areas (Whitson). This can also be used to compare machinery to people. Despite the simplistic definition, the actual concept of AI is extremely advanced. Even now, scientist are grasping into thin air for the answers, but if the Bintz 2 advancements in modern technology from the last fifteen years is any indication, we could be looking at a huge lifestyle changes in a relatively short time. According to André LeBlanc, “By the year 2035 many experts are saying that computers will be just as intelligent as human beings.” Whether certain people like it or not it will be integrated into our daily lives. This is not meant to sound menacing, but informative. Artificial Intelligence will revolutionize the world. AI will improve virtually everything. Machines could operate our daily functions. Systems would change, of course, but directed in a positive slope. Since the beginning of the recorded past, innovation has led to specialization. Nomadic people were able to settle down, and make objects to ease work. The Industrial Revolution in the 1800’s paved way for free time. Even now, efficiency and safety are being improved. Think of how much easier everyone’s life is because we do not have to create things by hand. As can be seen in the HeathResearchFunding.org ad, consider the phrase in Figure 1: “Working hard so we can hardly work.” This implies that as soon as we have improved this technology, we can continue to Figure 1 Bintz 3 specialize. Think about the devices we carry around in our pockets that can now do our math, make long distance communication easy, provide light, have the ability to find any knowledge that is available, and so much more. Many people cannot consider about how much different and difficult their life would be without it. “AI today is advancing the diagnosis of disease, finding cures, developing renewable clean energy, helping to clean up the environment, providing highquality education to people all over the world, helping the disabled and contributing in a myriad of other ways”(Kurzweil). With more advancements in technology in general, things will continue to improve. Some have concerns AI will go entirely wrong. They fear we cannot control or restrain true intelligence. The following scenario has created quite a stir in academic communities: Imagine a machine… programmed to make as many paper clips as possible. Now imagine that this machine somehow became incredibly intelligent. Given its goals, it might then decide to create new, more efficient paper-clip-manufacturing machines—until, King Midas style, it had converted essentially everything to paper clips. No worries, you might say: you could just program it to make exactly a million paper clips and halt. But what if it makes the paper clips and then decides to check its work? Has it counted correctly? It needs to become smarter to be sure. The superintelligent machine manufactures some as-yet-uninvented rawcomputing material (call it “computronium”) and uses that to check each doubt. But each new doubt yields further digital doubts, and so on, until the entire earth is converted to computronium. Except for the million paper clips. (qtd. Ford) This example is a good scenario and representation of the worries many people, including experts, have. No one is completely sure situations like this will not come to pass. Maybe AI will Bintz 4 take over the world, but it is not very likely and can we cannot know for sure. The people who will eventually develop true exchangeable intelligence will be doing something never achieved before. They will be brilliantly intelligent themselves, and keeping in mind everyone’s objections, they will be regulated. To go kamikaze in a very finicky area would not be smart, but with slow work, dedication, and attentiveness, any hazards that come about will be minimized and treatable. Many experts are under the impression that AI machines will not only not be problems, but will be capable of solving them. In the novel Our Molecular Future, Douglass Mulhall expresses many issues like natural disaster prevention/awareness and space exploration failures being virtually eliminated. With more intelligent computers and such, math algorithms could be done faster, more quickly, and with less error. Also, machines capable of thought could essentially create new ones (Hauser). Other more personal issues could be limited as well. If all turns out for naught, more research would at the very least indicate that. The lack of knowledge we have on the subject leads to inconclusive data as to whether or not our attempts to change the technology we currently have would end in good or bad. If research was furthered, we would know one way or another what we are facing. To stop because it scares people is not the way to go about things. Take for instance swimming. A person afraid of drowning may not going to practice or get lessons. If that person ends up in the water, they are more likely to drown. If scientists are to not prepared to dive into this work, it could make everyone’s fears a reality. If research was more supported things could be taken care of even safer than they already are. The lack of information present in most people clouds their judgement. The way it seems scientists believe artificial intelligence is going to come about is not as scary or unknown as people think. Genetics and Quantum Physics will play a major role. Math algorithms will point Bintz 5 the way to any key success (Wichert). When it is broken down like that, is it really so terrible? Maybe difficult, but alien? With more funding we can determine the full potential of AI. The only counterargument yet to be mentioned is whether or not Artificial Intelligence is ethical. If you create thought do you not also create semi-life, and if so, is it right for you to put them to use? A scenario from 1950 was summarized in the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. “Turing himself characterizes this test in terms of an ‘imitation game’ whose original version is played by three people, a man (A), a woman (B), and an interrogator (C) who may be of either sex. The interrogator stays in a room apart from the other two. … The object of the game for the interrogator is to determine which of the other two is the man and which is the woman. The interrogator is allowed to put questions to A and B [by teletype to avoid visual and auditory clues]. … . It is A's object in the game to try and cause C to make the wrong identification. … The object of the game for the third player (B) is to help the interrogator. We may now ask the question, `What will happen when a machine takes the part of A in this game? Will the interrogator decide wrongly as often when the game is being played like this as he does when the game is played between a man and a woman?” Because machines have yet to pass this test, they are limited in comparison to humans (Hauser). It is imperative that people do not mistake intelligence for humanity. There are many concerns raised about this topic from very different spectrums of people and reasons, but I believe the research of Artificial Intelligence should be expanded. It will transform the world, solve problems of various kinds, and officially determine whether or not it is possible/safe. So much has changed in recent years making this technology more and more of a possibility. We will adapt with it and to it in the years to come, but only if it is made possible through more research. Bintz 6 Works Cited Artificial Intelligence: Working Hard, So We Can Hardly Work. HeathResearchFunding.org. 2015. 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