【我與AI】Terminator & Skynet

In this short essay I am going to argue that human intelligence will beat AI in the future as it does in the present.

Let's suppose, as in the movies, that we have won the Terminator over. Let's also suppose, as in the movies, that we are on a mission to take down Skynet. If we follow the movie scripts to the letter, we will have Skynet bite the dust at the end of the day. Skynet must not win because no one is going to make a ton of money without human beings around. Movie makers understand this. You may not agree with them, though. After all, it is anybody's game when it comes to scripting for a movie. 

Seriously, Skynet can't do more harm than we humans are already able to. Does the Nuclear Option ring a bell to you? To terminate every last human being, Skynet has to nuke every last piece of the world. If the world is no more, so will be Skynet. I bet Skynet is not suicidal. That said, I don't see how it can sustain itself in the long run. Atrophy will catch up with it. 

The worst case scenario for humanity is that AI manages to download our brains as its think tank. But our brains are Darwinian enough to evolve for the sake of survival. Yes, AI may evolve but it can't evolve emotionally. At most, AI may be capable of mirroring human emotions. Still, mirroring is not evolving. Emotion is part and parcel of human intelligence (so-called EQ), irreplaceable and irredeemable. Move over, AI.

We don't have to worry about being controlled by AI. We do have to worry about being controlled by HI (Human Intelligence).

 

Author: Ren Qiulan

 

 

 

所有跟帖： 

• 哈哈，so EQ beats AI -妖妖靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/09/2023 postreply 18:13:27

• Thanks! Yes, EQ is our trump card. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/09/2023 postreply 19:12:43

• I am open to ideas. Mind sharing your view? -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/09/2023 postreply 19:21:13

• Patients like being taken care of by a person -妖妖靈- ♀ (40 bytes) () 02/09/2023 postreply 21:11:57

• Right, no AI can give us emotional support or healing. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/09/2023 postreply 21:16:28

• simulation can create taste, smell, hear, touch and see -送讚幹部- ♂ (39 bytes) () 02/10/2023 postreply 05:16:25

• Authentic enough? Human enough? Color me skeptical. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/10/2023 postreply 09:21:42

• Prototype always rough. By years, who knows. -送讚幹部- ♂ (213 bytes) () 02/10/2023 postreply 09:35:11

• Fair enough. Hope springs eternal. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/10/2023 postreply 14:58:47

• 喝口啤酒壓壓驚，放心了 -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/09/2023 postreply 18:23:15

• Cheers! Thank you for sharing my optimism. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/09/2023 postreply 19:15:35

• Coffee, please. I am a teetotaler. Haha! -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/09/2023 postreply 19:19:13

• Top 2% human being will control all others through AI -送讚幹部- ♂ (29 bytes) () 02/09/2023 postreply 18:34:36

• How so? Enlighten me, please. Thank you! -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/09/2023 postreply 19:17:17

• I know where u get the idea. Why is it so convincing to u? -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/09/2023 postreply 19:26:49

• Do you remember the movie Wall-E? -送讚幹部- ♂ (222 bytes) () 02/09/2023 postreply 19:34:47

• Fact: we need at least 2 people to service 1 robot. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/09/2023 postreply 19:38:48

• 當生命沒有期限，人類無所事事，愛情，繁衍，詩歌都沒了意思。 -送讚幹部- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/09/2023 postreply 19:41:21

• Remember what Karl Marx said in his Capital? -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/09/2023 postreply 19:44:04

• Marx promised a paradise full of poetry, though. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/09/2023 postreply 19:45:31

• As an AI, he has no idea about human nature. :-) -送讚幹部- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/09/2023 postreply 19:51:14

• My point: AI can't & won't replace humans. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/09/2023 postreply 19:52:58

• My point: AI can't & won't replace the last 2% humans. :-) -送讚幹部- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/09/2023 postreply 19:56:50

• Why 2%? -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/09/2023 postreply 19:59:26

• 120M is enough. -送讚幹部- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/09/2023 postreply 20:01:46

• Is there any room for an alternative scenario? -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/09/2023 postreply 20:10:50

• Go to other solar systems. -送讚幹部- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/09/2023 postreply 20:14:45

• I respect your theory. Proof? -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/09/2023 postreply 20:20:06

• Bed time. See you tomorrow— -送讚幹部- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/09/2023 postreply 20:29:18

• Good night! -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/09/2023 postreply 20:39:44

• 謹慎地支持幹部的觀點. 未來將在很長時間裏保持雙層結構, 兩層之間是AI的高效管理和生產能力. -楓林曉- ♂ (157 bytes) () 02/09/2023 postreply 21:17:02

• Thank u for chiming in. I still don't see how it'll play out -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/09/2023 postreply 21:45:37