PSYC 213 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Ray Kurzweil, Vintage Books, Intelligence Explosion
3 Mar 2017
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Technological singularity accelerating progress in technologies will cause a runway effect wherein ai will exceed human intellectual capacity and control, this radically changing or even ending civilization. Ray kurzweil: futurist, extension of moore"s law the number of transistors that can be squeezed into an integrated circuit every 2 years, 2045; computing power will exceed that of human brains. Research using ai computation to understand human cognition: cognitive science learning and cognitive development. Evolution of cooperation: gradual emergence of complex cognition and behavior from simple building blocks. Why do computational modeling implements a theory in precise, concrete, easy-to-manipulate way covers phenomena of interest. Helps to explain properties or behavior of the reality that is represents links many different observations together, making them easier to understand. Predicts new phenomena that can be tested improve after observations or experiments reveal new facts tat can be covered combination of imperial and theoretical work.
