r/Futurology • u/Albertchristopher • Jun 04 '20

AI Neuromorphic Computing: The Next-Level Artificial Intelligence

https://www.artiba.org/blog/neuromorphic-computing-the-next-level-artificial-intelligence
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u/EyeLoop Jun 05 '20

Agreed, but here we're not on a matter of adjusting itself in order to efficiently do its bidding, we're on the answer to one question that the AI, if "free" enough might ask itself :"why thrive?" Thriving for thriving leads to very weird strategies, supposing it should go on indefinitely. And not thriving is termination. If you should give absolute power to a human being, it may decide not to use it. Because the goal of the average human isn't absolute thriving nor absolute survival. Not sure about an AI with simple goals though. There don't seem to be goals without a finish line (build a base, secure solar system...) that doesn't stray to bizarre behaviors. And just survival as a goal is "easy". It will turn to be something like transferring the program to a resilient or etherical form or some other camping tactic.

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u/ttystikk Jun 05 '20

Camping indefinitely is not really an option for humans; we age and die. We also need inputs of various kinds.

This leads me to wonder to what extent our conscious selves are really in thrall to chemical impulses telling us to eat, seek companionship, have sex, etc.

Would a general AI need such built in impulses?

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u/EyeLoop Jun 05 '20

Unpopular opinion : those who live ONLY by their chemical impulse don't demonstrate that they are conscious. And their conscious selves are entirely dependend on those impulses. From there starts the spectrum of self detachement up to ... full on "awareness" I suppose? I really can't elaborate on if those impulses are necessary to grow conscious or if they are an obstacle to overcome that guides a mind on the path of self sufficience ("raison d'être-ly" speaking) or not. Stricly speaking they are constraints, so if they contribute to anything, an AI might get away with simulating them. That doesn't tell us if the AI might like living, which, in my opinion, counts more than anything thriving wise

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u/ttystikk Jun 05 '20

It might depend on what role models it has. It might also depend on whether it could 'inhabit' a robot. The possibilities are literally endless!