By Katja Grace, 1 November 2020, Crossposted from world spirit sock puppet. Sometimes we think of ‘artificial intelligence’ as whatever technology ultimately automates human cognitive labor. I question this equivalence, looking at past automation. In practice human cognitive labor is replaced by things that don’t seem at all cognitive, or like what we otherwise mean by AI.
Automated intelligence is not AI
Automated intelligence is not AI
Automated intelligence is not AI
By Katja Grace, 1 November 2020, Crossposted from world spirit sock puppet. Sometimes we think of ‘artificial intelligence’ as whatever technology ultimately automates human cognitive labor. I question this equivalence, looking at past automation. In practice human cognitive labor is replaced by things that don’t seem at all cognitive, or like what we otherwise mean by AI.