Note - Wait But Why
www.waitbutwhy.com › wp-content › uploadsNote: As I dug into research on Artificial Intelligence, I could not believe what I was reading. It hit me pretty quickly that what’s happening in the world of AI is not just an important topic, but by far THE most important topic for our future. So I wanted to learn as much as I could about it, and once I did that, I
The Artificial Intelligence Revolution: Part 2 - Wait But Why
waitbutwhy.com › 2015 › 01Jan 27, 2015 · In an intelligence explosion—where the smarter a machine gets, the quicker it’s able to increase its own intelligence, until it begins to soar upwards—a machine might take years to rise from the chimp step to the one above it, but perhaps only hours to jump up a step once it’s on the dark green step two above us, and by the time it’s ten steps above us, it might be jumping up in four-step leaps every second that goes by. Which is why we need to realize that it’s distinctly ...
Artificial Intelligence Revolution
waitbutwhy.com › wp-content › uploadsWelcome to Part 2 of the “Wait how is this possibly what I’m reading I don’t get why everyone isn’t talking about this” series. Part 1 started innocently enough, as we discussed Artificial Narrow Intelligence, or ANI (AI that specializes in one narrow task like coming up with driving
The Artificial Intelligence Revolution: Part 1 - Wait But Why
waitbutwhy.com › 2015 › 01Jan 22, 2015 · Artificial Narrow Intelligence is machine intelligence that equals or exceeds human intelligence or efficiency at a specific thing. A few examples: A few examples: Cars are full of ANI systems, from the computer that figures out when the anti-lock brakes should kick in to the computer that tunes the parameters of the fuel injection systems.