Sometimes...

Sometimes it seems like AI will take over the world and leave us as whimpering fools. Anyone who has played a somewhat strong chess program will have felt the boa-constrictor remorselessness of the computer. Heartless. Tireless.




 Or are we?

Thing is, one need only look at other forms of brilliant computing (Arabic translation from English for example, or maybe just run a few phrases through a handful of languages and see the gibberish you come out with at the end). Or one can look at the search results for somethig even somewhat complex. Or ask Alexa, Siri, someone, a basic task you think a child could accomplish.

They simply aren't up to the task.

So that begs the question.

Why are we talking so highly about these minions of ours?

I understand the marketing behind it. But why is everyone falling for it (even I, I suppose)?




* (that last word is doing a lot of work, I know. I'll define it sometime in the nebulous future)


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