Steve Wozniak: Robots are dumb
At the “Up Experience” conference in Houston, Steve Wozniak had a very pessimistic view on how smart robots are and how long it will take them to become intelligent. In an interview with the Houston Chronicle, he said:
“I don’t think we’re close. I don’t think we’ve gone one step. [...] I think we understand a bare amount of what the mind does.”
A robot that could simulate human life would have to be around for eight or so years before it could have a child’s understanding, he noted.
Steve Wozniak sees the day robots become intelligent (which is, in his eyes, be able to get him a cup of coffee) still far away in the future. Although this opinion could be classified into Kurzweils “linear thinking” category, Wozniak is undeniably an expert in the technology sector. Therefore the AI Panic Level will be reduced by -1%.
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Comments (2 comments)
Interesting, but note that Bill Gates has the opposite opinion. I wonder what Jobs thinks?
Michael Anissimov / February 8th, 2008, 23:04 / #
Hey Michael!
You’re right on Bill Gates, maybe I’ll write an article about his point of view sometime.
Jobs doesn’t seem to have a real oppinion about this — at least google didn’t spit out anything useful. Either he’s not interested in this question, or he is keeping it secret for his next big thing ™. Or maybe noone asked him before, maybe we should?
Robin / February 9th, 2008, 1:15 / #
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