> A few more iterations will surely make the human counterparts obsolete
Say this to any AI researcher who has done work in the past 5 decades. See what happens.
Say this to any AI researcher who has done work in the past 5 decades. See what happens.
The problem is to many peoples jobs are to easy and highly specialized. They don't require strong AI - just good enough "dumb" algorithms, and we're getting really good at those. Doing paperwork by strict specifications. Driving a truck from point A to B. Assemble a circuitboard from a blueprint. As long as you keep a handful of humans in the loop incase something unexpected happens, this is all stuff robots can do today.
In all honesty I have no idea. Would they laugh and say that "no way AI needs another 20 years"? Or would they say it's only a few years until everyone working with their hands is out of work? Kudos on the pretentious reply btw.
However, there is some evidence that it really is different this time. Big data makes a big difference to things like image recognition.