There's no such thing as A.I.

[Walk on Water]

When we think of artificial intelligence, we think of sentient intelligence, such as Terminator. What is being sold as A.I. today is just automated technology. There's a lot of hype. But tech is only as powerful as humans program it. Computers don't actually understand anything.

[LLL3]

[jstern]

It's nice to see Walk on Water in the Off the Court.

He's kind of right about this. The technology is great, but it basically regurgitates what it's trained on.

[SaltyMeatballs]

It's nice to see Walk on Water in the Off the Court.

He's kind of right about this. The technology is great, but it basically regurgitates what it's trained on.

That’s exactly the point of AI. It streamlines complex tasks and solve problems in a way that is much more efficient and accurate. Very useful in the field of data analytics especially. It’s not “just” something that reproduces what it is trained to do

[jstern]

That’s exactly the point of AI. It streamlines complex tasks and solve problems in a way that is much more efficient and accurate. Very useful in the field of data analytics especially. It’s not “just” something that reproduces what it is trained to do

Walk on Water is referring to the fact that many people think AI has the ability to actually feel and think. It's able to take in a lot of information and answers much more accurate than a human (so long as the information that it was trained on is accurate), but it's not sentient.

In 2015, I would trust IBM Watson's medical diagnosis much more than the diagnosis of any doctor. That's 8 years ago already. Because humans are very flawed, and Watson, not being sentient, is not dismissing any of the fact, or things that don't add up.

[GimmeThat]

try telling that to a professional masseuse