Will AI ever be smarter than humans? Well, computers already have the advantages of being faster and more accurate than humans, at solving the problems it can solve. And any process a human uses to solve a problem, could in theory be replicated in software. Even our intuition, produced by the interaction of our brain structure and neurochemicals, could be simulated (at a useful level of detail) by software. Since computing power is still getting cheaper per operation, it may only be a matter of time before AI gets smarter than humans at all mental tasks. At that point, if the software has some goal or tendency that runs counter to human preferences, we would be in conflict with an entity smarter than us. (Adapted from here). (Machine learning researchers)
Will AI ever be smarter than humans? Well, computers already have the advantages of being faster and more accurate than humans, at solving the problems it can solve. And any process a human uses to solve a problem, could in theory be replicated in software. Even our intuition, produced by the interaction of our brain structure and neurochemicals, could be simulated (at a useful level of detail) by software. Since computing power is still getting cheaper per operation, it may only be a matter of time before AI gets smarter than humans at all mental tasks. At that point, if the software has some goal or tendency that runs counter to human preferences, we would be in conflict with an entity smarter than us. (Adapted from here). (Machine learning researchers)