Artificial intelligence: from magic to reality

Authors

  • Ramon López de Mantaras i Badia Institut d'Estudis Catalans

Keywords:

artificial intelligence, general artificial intelligence, ethics of artificial intelligence.

Abstract

Despite the unquestionable achievements of artificial intelligence (AI) over the last few years, AI systems still have in fact a very limited “intelligence” as they are specific “intelligences” in contrast to the human intelligence, which is general. Excessive anthropocentrism is the main reason why society has a misperception of the state of the art of artificial intelligence. In this paper we explain what the real state of AI is and also argue what needs to be done to progress towards a more general AI which would, therefore, be more comparable to human intelligence. Lastly, we reflect on the fact that no matter how sophisticated they become, artificial intelligences will be different from ours and consequently alien to human values and needs. This should make us reflect on the possible ethical limitations to the development of artificial intelligence.

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López de Mantaras i Badia, R. (2022). Artificial intelligence: from magic to reality. Revista De Tecnologia, (10), 4–9. Retrieved from https://revistes.iec.cat/index.php/RTEC/article/view/150079

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No. 10 (2022)

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