Anything You Can Do, Robots Can Do Better

[Swede]

This is Part One of a three-part series on the exciting and sometimes scary capabilities of artificial intelligence.
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A common misconception about automation is the idea that it will primarily impact low paying jobs that require few skills or training. To illustrate that this is not necessarily the case, consider two very different occupations: a radiologist and a housekeeper.

A radiologist is a medical doctor who specializes in interpreting images generated by various medical scanning technologies. Before the advent of modern computer technology, radiologists focused exclusively on X-rays. This has now been expanded to include all types of medical imaging, including CT scans, PET scans, mammograms, etc. To become a radiologist you need to attend college for four years, and then medical school for another four. That is followed by another five years of internship and residency, and often even more specialized training after that. Radiology is one the most popular specialties for newly minted doctors because it offers relatively high pay and regular work hours; radiologists generally don't need to work weekends or handle emergencies.







http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/02/anything-you-can-do-robots-can-do-better/71227/

[sakabatou]

1. I doubt they have better spontaneous, creative imagination than I do

[PVnRT]

2. Except think

A robot cannot do anything beyond what its programming dictates it can do. When confronted with a situation outside of its programming scope, it can't respond. This is my biggest problem with simply using robots to explore the solar system - a human can react to something unusual or dangerous in real time and take action; a robot can't.

[GeorgeKe]

4. No hard limitations

Thinking and creativity are ultimately just processes carried out by a human's neurology. Once those processes are well understood, they can be duplicated in a machine. In the long run, artificial intelligence will not only be able to deal with uncertain circumstances that demand creative, dynamic responses, but they will have the same attributes that humans use to define personhood. Conservatives will have one more minority group to discriminate against.

[Orsino]

3. Best. Musical. EVAR.

AN-E Get Your Pulse Gun

[Orsino]

5. Robots are along way from being able to shift blame effectively. n/t

[Hugabear]

6. Except for sight - artificial vision is nowhere even close to human vision

Artificial vision is nowhere close to human vision.

[laconicsax]

7. That's a technicality.

The eye is a mediocre instrument at best. The brain does some amazing work compensating.

[Hugabear]

8. Actually it would be a huge development for robots

Right now, robots can see, but they have a very difficult time understanding everything they see.