These stories may only be tangentially related to the reality of the underlying technologies. But they shape our vision of the field nonetheless, and thus also its future
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We understand the world through stories; the ones we tell ourselves, and the ones we tell each other. The field of AI is attracting intense interest not so much because of its potential as a technology, but because it happens to be entangled in powerful stories - stories about us
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Not sure I agree. AI has always been a powerful story about who we are, for example the story of the golem from the Talmud. But that doesn't explain the sudden spike in interest that just happened to coincide with real world AI success. People care more now because it works.
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which spike? the 1963 spike? the 1988 spike? the 1994 spike? the...
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The future of AI will be shaped by the breakthroughs that are sure to come. The old stories will not matter when new disruptive technologies eclipse the old ones.
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Great observation. In my new book ( https://www.amazon.com/Artificial-Intuition-Improbable-Learning-Revolution/dp/1983895644 … ), I write about the stories of the people in the pacific that used just their intuition to navigate the vast oceans. This AI narrative is an incredible story and hope to write more stories in the future.
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Agreed. Entangled because the behavior of humanity is often the training set so that the manifestations of AI are little mirrored fragments where we get to see ourselves (and we love that). I guess that’s always the case with new technologies but this time is different.
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and therein lies the peril of yet another winter. too much hype.
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