What is the goal of Artificial Intelligence? In the film Ex Machina, the created robot, Ava, achieves freedom through the use of self-awareness, manipulation, and careful planning. These feats alone proved to me that she did achieve what we call consciousness, but that didn't make her human to me. I believe that to be human is to make mistakes or to have an essence with flaws. In The Most Human Human, Christian says “Existence without essence is very stressful.” , and I agree. It is extremely difficult to differentiate between existence and essence when referring to artificial intelligence. Essence can be defined as an indispensable quality of something such as humor and temper. Essence defines humans and artificial intelligence has not proven to have an essence. I also believe if AIs achieved an essence, they would not want them because essence can cloud judgement. It would be illogical for an AI to give itself a flawed quality such as an essence because that lead it to making poor decisions. So that brings me back to my initial question, What is the goal of Artificial Intelligence?
I have attached a video of a TEDtalks that discusses the evolution of AIs. Can you all tell me what you think the goal is for AI?
You bring up an interesting point, but I think we can further investigate "essence." How do we know our essence isn't programmed similarly? Is Ava faking anger and distress? How will we know how they feel and to what extent?
ReplyDeleteObviously, it is too early to know what their level of consciousness will be, but I think we should keep an open mind about their potential.