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Comment author: DanielLC 04 June 2014 08:39:59AM 3 points [-]

Able to solve problems in a wide variety of environments.

Software tends to only be able to solve a small set of problems that it was designed for, and even then it needs to be told the problem in a very specific way.

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Comment author: DanielLC 04 June 2014 10:16:33PM 2 points [-]

I don't understand your question. Are you saying that my comment wasn't about AIs being like humans, or are you saying that it doesn't matter if software is only able to solve a set of problems that it wasn't designed for?

Comment author: AndyWood 05 June 2014 05:45:05PM -1 points [-]

I am suggesting your comment implied to me you still compare AIs with humans a bit too much. We work to make software able to solve the set of problems it was designed for. This applies for Hello World, and for Singleton.

Comment author: DanielLC 05 June 2014 07:29:21PM 2 points [-]

Single-use software has its place, but it's not exactly singularity-inducing. Each piece of software can only do one thing. If you had a piece of software that could do anything, then you program that one piece of software and you and everyone else is set until the heat death of the universe.

Also, why bother with the word AI? Even if AGI isn't its own cluster in thingspace, we already have the word "software". Why replace it?

Comment author: AndyWood 06 June 2014 09:45:54AM * 0 points [-]

The more different subjects, venues, and experiences in the world that you open your eyes to, the more you will see that we are in a smooth, soft takeoff. Now.

Comment author: DanielLC 06 June 2014 07:17:13PM 0 points [-]

We've been using tools to build on tools to get exponential progress for some time. This has been happening before computers were invented, and software isn't the only thing in it.

I'm not denying the existence of a smooth, soft takeoff. I'm just saying that a fast one would be awesome.

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