![]() IBM's Watson computer is a well-known instance of AI. Which is relevant in considering the possibility of an AI going rogue. The AI was effectively learning how to apply skills in a new way, basically thinking on its own. The relevance is that an AI system could adapt its skills to situations for which its programmer had never prepared it. This list includes Boxing, Video Pinball, Robotank (a favorite of mine), and Tutankham.Īnd though arcade games may seem trivial, the takeaway here really had nothing to do with games per se. For more than half of the games examined, the deep Q-network agent was better than human level. The point was to see if the software (rather ominously called a “deep Q-network agent”) could apply lessons learned in one game to master another game. One of the most recent breakthroughs was a study in which Volodymyr Mnih and colleagues at Google DeepMind challenged a neural network to learn how to play video games. These are fields that continue to expand at a ridiculous, if not superhuman, pace. The answers are found in scientific research related to the fields of machine learning, artificial intelligence, and artificial life. But how fictional is it? Thinking Machines The main theme in Age of Ultron is this fictional conflict between biological beings and artificial intelligence (with a mean streak). ![]() The unfortunate part for us humans is that Ultron would like to bring peace and order by eliminating all other intelligent life in the universe. Subsequent iterations of Ultron were self-created, each one getting stronger, smarter, and more bent on fulfilling two main desires: survival and bringing peace and order to the universe. At least briefly.īut perhaps most importantly, Ultron represents the ultimate example of artificial intelligence applications gone wrong: intelligence that seeks to overthrow the humans who created it. The good news is that Ultron has “normal” agility and “average hand to hand skills.” Meaning if you can get in close to an autonomous robot with superhuman speed, you should be good to go. How bad is Ultron? The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe lists his occupation as “would-be conquerer, enslaver of men” with genius intelligence, superhuman speed, stamina, reflexes, and strength, subsonic flight speed, and demi-godlike durability. ![]()
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