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The Lifecycle of Software Objects
by Ted Chiang
What do you think of when somebody says “general AI”?
Skynet of the Terminator fame nuking all of us back back to the apehood?
Ultron of the Marvel universes attaining sentience in seconds and deciding it would be best to just wipe all of us?
Perhaps the machines of the Matrix universe that subjugates and turned us all into energy cells?
Maybe you think of more sympathetic AIs, such as persecuted replicants from the Blade Runner or big-eyed David from A.I. That just wanted to find his mother?
All of these famed examples operate on a notion of AI having a general intelligence or pushing into the area of super intelligence. “AI is a crackpot” is by far the most explored troupe in fiction.
This novella offers an alternative fascinating view on how AIs would develop. Think of your childhood Tamagotchi or Furby toys somehow sticking through the years and slowly obtaining intelligence as if they were small children with all the complexities and impact on a bigger world such a notion would have.
Skynet of the Terminator fame nuking all of us back back to the apehood?
Ultron of the Marvel universes attaining sentience in seconds and deciding it would be best to just wipe all of us?
Perhaps the machines of the Matrix universe that subjugates and turned us all into energy cells?
Maybe you think of more sympathetic AIs, such as persecuted replicants from the Blade Runner or big-eyed David from A.I. That just wanted to find his mother?
All of these famed examples operate on a notion of AI having a general intelligence or pushing into the area of super intelligence. “AI is a crackpot” is by far the most explored troupe in fiction.
This novella offers an alternative fascinating view on how AIs would develop. Think of your childhood Tamagotchi or Furby toys somehow sticking through the years and slowly obtaining intelligence as if they were small children with all the complexities and impact on a bigger world such a notion would have.