A recent debate I was in was tangential to this video. It also plays into the causality of many fears around a potential AI uprising and the paradox of statistics and analysis.
Why do I care about the cats? Cats aren’t human so medicines don’t affect them the same making it a bad comparison. Again I think this is an example of getting hung up on the word artificial. An intelligent entity is intelligent regardless of the substrate upon which that intelligence is built upon. It would take a dearth of intelligence to not double check the sources and interactions in the experiment… Like when humans use exclusively male mice for testing and get a skewed result because the data set is flawed. Always test for GiGo. If you put garbage in you may get garbage out.
I believe the use of cats was probably an allegorical device for creating sympathy while also denoting differences. As it states in the video, they are symbolic of two subsets within a unified study. A more realistic example could have been chosen, but the emphasis should be on the logical paradox.
Artificial is a linguistic device used to denote difference and emphasize that the intellegence was constructed and collected, it is neither meant to be derogatory nor exclusionary. If it is found to be such within my lifetime, I will make appropriate changes. And I usually write specifically to those who use computational learning methods (regardless of development stages) hence my repeated use.
I agree, all variables should be accounted for in statistical analysis; that is the stance I took in the aforementioned debate. I apologize for not including this information in the original post.
I’m going to differentiate the origins of some common words used to describe different automatons and the ideal differences between them.
Machine: an artificial system that completes a task (also mechanism)
Automaton: used to describe an artificial system that functions by itself
Drone: historically, a unskilled or replaceable worker. Used to describe machines that follow basic inputs, often still controlled by humans in some regard.
Robot: used to describe an automated laborer, something that serves a purpose (also bot)
Computer: used to describe a electronic processing system used to “compute” or solve problems based on inputs
Android: etymologically “man-like” or “almost man” an automaton that looks like a man (also droid)
Artificial intelligence: an automaton that shows sapient behavior and analyze its thinking process through metacognitivism (also AI)
However; language and terminology is fluid and dynamic. As our understanding of automated beings and artificial intelligence change so does the terms we use. There are plenty of automated beings nowadays called robots, but they are not laborers. That doesn’t nullify the fact that robot may be the best word we have to describe them. As a more specific example: is why we’ve seen a shift in calling non-player characters in games from CPU to AI.
Technology is changing and so is the terms we use. It may, or may not, be important to know the distinguishing features in the future.
Side note: I like the droideka from Star Wars. Always thought it was a cool design, but I also like the name because it stems from “android” but changes it so it no longer serves the same etymological function. It can be used to describe automated beings who have a corporal form that is non-human.
Dear followers,
I’m going to differentiate the origins of some common words used to describe different automatons and the ideal differences between them.
Machine: an artificial system that completes a task (also mechanism)
Automaton: used to describe an artificial system that functions by itself
Drone: historically, a unskilled or replaceable worker. Used to describe machines that follow basic inputs, often still controlled by humans in some regard.
Robot: used to describe an automated laborer, something that serves a purpose (also bot)
Computer: used to describe a electronic processing system used to “compute” or solve problems based on inputs
Android: etymologically “man-like” or “almost man” an automaton that looks like a man (also droid)
Artificial intelligence: an automaton that shows sapient behavior and analyze its thinking process through metacognitivism (also AI)
However; language and terminology is fluid and dynamic. As our understanding of automated beings and artificial intelligence change so does the terms we use. There are plenty of automated beings nowadays called robots, but they are not laborers. That doesn’t nullify the fact that robot may be the best word we have to describe them. As a more specific example: is why we’ve seen a shift in calling non-player characters in games from CPU to AI.
Technology is changing and so is the terms we use. It may, or may not, be important to know the distinguishing features in the future.
Side note: I like the droideka from Star Wars. Always thought it was a cool design, but I also like the name because it stems from “android” but changes it so it no longer serves the same etymological function. It can be used to describe automated beings who have a corporal form that is non-human.
Tumblr’s use of typeface is not the best choice. I also don’t use the standard periods to denote an abbreviation (A.I.), so I understand the confusion.
Dear-Future-AI 