Comment by fragmede
2 months ago
That's just what getting smarter is though. I mean, we want to see the human "if" as somehow better than the machine "if" due an obvious bias, but mechanically, what's the difference?
2 months ago
That's just what getting smarter is though. I mean, we want to see the human "if" as somehow better than the machine "if" due an obvious bias, but mechanically, what's the difference?
Comparing the two as “ifs” is a really fun way to start getting drunk on this flavor of philosophy, and I highly encourage it, but the short answer is that ‘if’ is deterministic, whereas intelligence isn’t. It’s actually the first step in determining if something has intelligence. If every time you do Action[A,B,C] it does Response[A,B,C] then you can end your inquiry. Things that respond that way include tuning forks, calculators, toasters, Furby, Tickle Me Elmo, Roomba, doorbells, glitter, magnets, literally any pile of garbage, and Teslas.