AI

Today's post will be short, but I will pick up the topic sometime soon. I don't have much time since it takes about six hours to celebrate four years of work. I'm graduating!

I have heard a lot of speculation about the new Terminator Salvation movie and have started thinking more about AI. This spring I took Intro to Computer Science as well as Philosophy of the Mind. Almost the perfect combination for talking about AI. In terminator, there is a computer, Skynet which becomes self-aware and decides to terminate the human race with an army of terminators. While this movie may have been made just to entertain us with action and adventure, it does raise some valid questions about the future of humans and our relationship with technology.

According to Moore's law, the rate of computing power growth is exponential and describes the long-term trend of many different computing functions. Mankind has never seen something with this growth pattern that has lasted this long. There is increasing belief that this growth pattern is heading toward "the singularity", the point at which this accelerating change creates superintelligence. It has been theorized that after the singularity, intelligent technology will begin to produce more intelligent technology at a pace more rapid than humans. While this post is not meant to sound prophetic, it is only a look to the future. I find the mind so interesting, that to be able to explore artificial minds would be a wonder.

There will be more to come soon about AI, but for now I have to go graduate.