What is the point of debating whether Watson should be called “general” or “narrow”? Do you think people who call Watson “narrow” are wrong in some substantial way (e.g., have wrong expectations or plans)? If so how?
Fair question. On this forum narrow AI = not really intelligent and benign, while general AI = potentially smarter than humans, ready to FOOM and dangerous. My point was that Watson might be some day providing an example of a smarter-than-human but benign (not FOOMable) AI, depending on how it is designed.
I think I understand your point, and have preemptively written a response at http://lesswrong.com/lw/bob/reframing_the_problem_of_ai_progress/. (In short, if Watson becomes smarter-than-human in many domains, it seems inevitable that the technological progress involved will be useful for building FOOMable AIs, even if Watson isn’t itself FOOMable.) If this doesn’t address your point, then I’ve probably misunderstood it, in which case maybe you can restate it in more detail?
What is the point of debating whether Watson should be called “general” or “narrow”? Do you think people who call Watson “narrow” are wrong in some substantial way (e.g., have wrong expectations or plans)? If so how?
Fair question. On this forum narrow AI = not really intelligent and benign, while general AI = potentially smarter than humans, ready to FOOM and dangerous. My point was that Watson might be some day providing an example of a smarter-than-human but benign (not FOOMable) AI, depending on how it is designed.
I think I understand your point, and have preemptively written a response at http://lesswrong.com/lw/bob/reframing_the_problem_of_ai_progress/. (In short, if Watson becomes smarter-than-human in many domains, it seems inevitable that the technological progress involved will be useful for building FOOMable AIs, even if Watson isn’t itself FOOMable.) If this doesn’t address your point, then I’ve probably misunderstood it, in which case maybe you can restate it in more detail?