Actual uploads are a far end point along a continuum of human-like cognitive architectures, and have the additional complexity of scanning technology which lags far behind electronics. You don’t need uploads for anthropomorphic AI—you just need to loosely reverse engineer the brain.
Also, “human-like cognitive architectures” is a wide spectrum that does not require human-like emotions or primate status drives—consider the example of Alexithymia.
Understanding human languages is a practical prerequisite for any AI to reach high levels of intelligence, and the implied anthropomorphic cognitive capacities required for true linguistic thinking heavily constrains the design space.
The self-fulfilling prophecy is that anthropomorphic AI will be both easier for us to create and more useful for us—so the bias is correct in a self-reinforcing manner.
Actual uploads are a far end point along a continuum of human-like cognitive architectures, and have the additional complexity of scanning technology which lags far behind electronics. You don’t need uploads for anthropomorphic AI—you just need to loosely reverse engineer the brain.
Also, “human-like cognitive architectures” is a wide spectrum that does not require human-like emotions or primate status drives—consider the example of Alexithymia.
Understanding human languages is a practical prerequisite for any AI to reach high levels of intelligence, and the implied anthropomorphic cognitive capacities required for true linguistic thinking heavily constrains the design space.
The self-fulfilling prophecy is that anthropomorphic AI will be both easier for us to create and more useful for us—so the bias is correct in a self-reinforcing manner.