DukkyDrake t1_j3hshpx wrote on January 8, 2023 at 5:58 PM

Your friend is imagining AI as being akin to a blank slate infant. The thing currently referred to as AI are actually giant static combinatoric constructs that cant experience anything, it's only ever active when you shove data into it.

If you leave it for 18 years to "experience the world on its own", it will do absolutely nothing in that time and will be ~100% identical to its day 1 self. There could be a few single bit changes in the numerical parameters of the neural network after 18 years due to cosmic rays hitting its storage substrate if it doesn't have sufficient error correction.

LoquaciousAntipodean t1_j3iujic wrote on January 8, 2023 at 9:47 PM

A human baby doesn't get left alone for 18 years to "experience the world on its own", what are you talking about? Of course there would need to be some kind of concerted effort to provide an education to the developing mind. What, did your parents raise you by waiting for random cosmic rays to hit your storage substrate? Worked a lot better than I would have expected, you seem quite clever.