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Nodrog · 9 Mar 2007, 23:29

There's no obvious application of quantum computing to AI. Also the problems arent entirely a matter of computational power; I dont think it's fully clear how you would write an algorithm to (eg) pass the Turing Test even if you had an infinite amount of computational power at your disposal. It may be that certain approaches to the problem are intrinsically doomed to failure regardless of what sort of resources you throw at them (personally I dont believe a disembodied AI will ever have a chance of passing the TT).

People have been saying AI is just around the corner for decades now, so it's easy to understand why people are a bit sceptical, especially when you consider the ridiculous sort of claims that were thrown around in the 60s/70s.

9 Mar 2007, 23:29	#24
Nodrog Registered User Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 8,476	Re: robot rights. good, bad, or ugly ? There's no obvious application of quantum computing to AI. Also the problems arent entirely a matter of computational power; I dont think it's fully clear how you would write an algorithm to (eg) pass the Turing Test even if you had an infinite amount of computational power at your disposal. It may be that certain approaches to the problem are intrinsically doomed to failure regardless of what sort of resources you throw at them (personally I dont believe a disembodied AI will ever have a chance of passing the TT). People have been saying AI is just around the corner for decades now, so it's easy to understand why people are a bit sceptical, especially when you consider the ridiculous sort of claims that were thrown around in the 60s/70s. Last edited by Nodrog; 9 Mar 2007 at 23:38.