Comments by "Martin Maat" (@MartinMaat) on "What is "Intelligence"?" video.

  1. No. The danger is not in an AI potentially going rogue and turning against its creator. The danger is in it getting better at what it does and continuing to do exactly what its (human) controller demands from it.
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  2. OK, let's settle on "doing well" to one's own determination. Success is being able to get by comfortably in society. I will always remember a story by a teacher in school who claimed is was possible to test a 3 year old for his or her chances to be successful later in life. He said "Put a stick in the ground and give the child a hoop. Then tell it to throw the hoop over the stick". Now basically three different outcomes are possible. Some may walk up to the stick and drop the hoop, claim victory. Those are losers. Others will make a run for it, swing the thing way beyond their might and miss. Those are also losers. Some however will set themselves a challenging goal, put their own mark in the ground at a reasonable distance and aim carefully. Those are the ones to watch. I believe this to be way more accurate than any intelligence test. Success has little to do with intelligence. Intelligence may help but may also work against you, make you lazy or wonder what's the point. I've seen intelligent people going nowhere. and vice versa
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