Can artificial intelligence be intelligent?
intelligence is limited. A Turing Machine cannot replicate genuine evolutionary change without true randomness, but a machine can never access real random numbers to do so. In this way it is unlikely that a Strong AI algorithmwill develop through mimicking evolution. It is worth mentioning that the brain most likely uses complex but deterministic algorithms for unconscious operations such as controlling complex movement, language processing, breathing and blinking. Regardless of their complexity or their success these operations are still following an algorithm. Therefore at least part of our brain is, or used to be, applying a Turing Machine program on our biological hardware (Friedman 2002). The step from non- conscious Turing Machine to conscious brain could possibly have been because of these randomevolutionary changes creating inconsistencies. This could have allowed us to develop some form of meta- concept; a way of looking ‘outside’ existing dead -ends and solving paradoxes. From meta-concepts we developed consciousness, and then from consciousness to thinking. Eventually our thinking became sophisticated and achieved intelligence. In conclusion, as good as they might appear, Weak AI is unable to think or be conscious and therefore are not intelligent. Machine Learning can recreate learning but, no matter how advanced the techniques become, it will only improve an algorithm and the AI will always be following a set of instructions. Consciousness is key to intelligence and a Turing Machine looks unlikely to recreate it with algorithms alone. While the brain may be partly Turing Machine, this does not mean Turing Machines are brains. Human brains have evolved consciousness through random evolutionary mechanisms and as Turing Machines lack the ability to generate genuine random numbers, so they cannot recreate random evolution, necessary to develop consciousness. Therefore, I believe it is unlikely that a strong AI algorithm will ever become conscious nor will an AI become genuinely intelligent. Looking back at my opening introduction, I shall have to continue writing my own essays as it would seem an intelligent essay writing tool might never be. Although they can automate incredible tasks, I do hope this essay is not going to be marked by an AI algorithm.
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