Mango kid Posted July 29, 2017 Report Share Posted July 29, 2017 Facebook might have accidentally gotten a little closer to answering Phillip K. Dick’s 1968 question of whether androids dream of electric sheep. The social media giant just shut down an artificial intelligence program after it developed its own language and researchers were left trying to figure out what two AIs were talking about. The AIs had found a way to negotiate with one another, but the way they debated used English words reduced to a more logical structure that made more sense to the computers than to their human observers. What at first looked like an unintelligible failure to teach the AIs to talk instead was revealed as a result of the computers’ reward systems prizing efficiency over poetry. There are plenty of computer “languages” developed by humans to help computers follow human instructions: BASIC, C, C++, COBOL, FORTRAN, Ada, and Pascal, and more. And then there is TCP/IP, which helps machines “communicate” with one another across computer networks. But those are all linguistic metaphors used to describe electronic functions, rather than the vocabulary we need to discuss the huge leap forward an artificial intelligence developed by Facebook recently made. The goal was ultimately to develop an AI that could communicate with humans, but instead the research took a left turn when instead the computers learned to communicate with one another in a way that locked humans out by not following the rules of English. For example, two computers negotiating who got a certain number of balls had a conversation that went like this: Bob: i can i i everything else . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alice: balls have zero to me to me to me to me to me to me to me to me to Bob: you i everything else . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alice: balls have a ball to me to me to me to me to me to me to me Though it looks primitive and a little nonsensical, at its heart, this isn’t so different from the way that the English language evolves through human use. Think for example of how short form electronic communication like texting and Twitter has lead to abbreviations and the elimination of articles that might get you docked for bad grammar in class but are quicker to write and read in common use. Or think of phrases like “baby mamma” that developed to distill the complexities and subtitles of different relationships into a single turn of phrase that can efficiently convey connections and identities. Eventually researchers worked out what was going on, and shut down the program. There are obvious concerns with learning computers developing languages that outpace our own abilities to translate and follow their inherent logic. Not to mention that Facebook never designed their AI to be a vanguard of linguistic evolution. They just want their platform to talk to users in a clearcut way. But what they stumbled on could prove very helpful to the next generation of linguists working on the cybernetic frontier. http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/facebook-shut-down-an-artificial-intelligence-program-that-developed-its-own-language/ar-AAp1wzQ?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartandhp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muur Posted July 29, 2017 Report Share Posted July 29, 2017 That conversation is like two Austins talking to each other Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernez Posted July 30, 2017 Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 That conversation is like two Austins talking to each other I can't stop *censored*ing laughing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maskedmaniac Posted July 30, 2017 Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 So, nothing to worry about then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Than Light Posted July 30, 2017 Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 tl;dr So, nothing to worry about then? most likely. i just skimmed it and it seems inconsequential Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creepia Posted July 30, 2017 Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 That conversation is like two Austins talking to each other This Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maskedmaniac Posted July 30, 2017 Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 That conversation is like two Austins talking to each other Isn't that in itself something to worry about? Rise of the Austins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mango kid Posted July 30, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 tl;dr So, nothing to worry about then? most likely. i just skimmed it and it seems inconsequential Okay I never understand too long didn't read if you didn't read it why comment on somethingI think it's kind of big that a i Technologies created language anf talk to each other. By it self it kind shows ai technology evolving on,it own Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muur Posted July 30, 2017 Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 That conversation is like two Austins talking to each other Isn't that in itself something to worry about? Rise of the Austins. Nah it'd be like a real zombie apocalypse, they'd be too dumb to take over and would walk off cliffs or something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardd Posted July 30, 2017 Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 That conversation is like two Austins talking to each other Legit in tears. Best comment you've ever made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
........ Posted July 30, 2017 Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 That conversation is like two Austins talking to each other This is sig worthy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROSS-Out Posted July 30, 2017 Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 tl;dr So, nothing to worry about then? most likely. i just skimmed it and it seems inconsequential Okay I never understand too long didn't read if you didn't read it why comment on somethingI think it's kind of big that a i Technologies created language anf talk to each other. By it self it kind shows ai technology evolving on,it own The contrarian should probably be careful of throwing stones in glass houses. That conversation is like two Austins talking to each other This artful masterpiece belongs in a museum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WNX Posted July 31, 2017 Report Share Posted July 31, 2017 That conversation is like two Austins talking to each other It's sad that I.know you guys well enough to know as soon as I saw that convo SOMEBODY was gonna say that and I would've been highly shocked and disappointed if you didn't It always kills me with people though. You give something the ability the learn and then panic and shut it down because it doesn't learn the way YOU want it.to learn or, as it usually goes down in entertainment, they start asking about their.existence, their purpose, "am I alive?". Sure, no Skynet yet, but.if.they keep playing with technology, this'll happen again, another AI will see it and be like "ay, why.they shut down big homie?" and the humans will be like "cause big homie was asking too many questions" and the AI will be like "ay, you threatening me, sho?" and then with all the smart devices everybody feels they can't live without... takeover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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