Suppose for a moment that a neural network does in fact mimic how neurons work. (I am not sold on this, as it is based on 1960s neurology.)
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Using algorithms that were basically invented 50 years ago
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To come in and save humanity from its problems. Would you trust a five year old to negotiate a peace treaty?
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Artificial neural nets, along with other similar machine learning techniques, are wonderful, amazing, useful tools. I love them!
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But can we stop with the comparisons to a biology we do not understand? And the rosy visions of the future that whitewash their limitations?
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Neural nets are not AI. They are not surrogate people. They cannot replace empathy. They follow gradients we can't picture, that's all.
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I agree with all but the characterization of babies. They learn constantly, but not single subject or 100% of the time.
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right, but like that's kind of the point. They're learning all this other stuff and using it to frame context and meaning.
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and to think, even with all that context, a lot of them turn out to be terrible.
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