Why I'm skeptical simulation can enable superintelligence
Accurate simulation requires a lot of real-world data.
In a November piece, I argued that singularists were drawing the wrong conclusions from the stunning success of computer chess over the last 25 years. After Deep Blue beat grandmaster Garry Kasparov, chess software kept getting better. Today the best chess engines are much better at chess than any human player. Singularists like Nick Bostrom predict tha…
Keep reading with a 7-day free trial
Subscribe to Understanding AI to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.