Wednesday, August 17, 2016
Storytelling
While reading the article "Is Artificial Intelligence the Real Deal?", one of the debaters, Geoff Colvin, suggested that yes, AlphaGo machines are highly intelligent but they will never gain a characteristic that humans have - the ability to tell stories. The ability to tell stories is something I never really grasped the importance of, and I find it is a quality that we often take for granted. I also made the connection of John from Brave New World with the article because John told Bernard stories about his life when they first met in chapter 8 of the novel. Colvin also explained that AlphaGo machines aren't capable of having true emotions and lack creativity. Do you think there will come a time when machines are so advanced that they will possess human characteristics such as the ability to tell stories, be creative, or have feelings? I really hope that machines won't develop that much, and if they do, I pray that those advancements won't happen for a long time.
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I recall reading this debate recently and remembered an important reason why it isn't likely that artificial intelligence will gain human characteristics. There was an article in the room for debate assignment called "This Artificial Intelligence Can Only Be Extrapolated So Far" by Emma Brunskill. The author mentions that AI can never "think outside the box". The way I interpret this is that although AI such as AlphaGo can learn strategy, they can't make up their own strategies. This shows a lack of creativity that would be needed for art, or storytelling like you mentioned. I can't say I'm certain, but it sounds like it means that AI only really know as many concepts as we know, and nothing more.
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