By Gary Marcus
The New Yorker - January 1, 2014
According to the Times, true artificial intelligence is just
around the corner. A year ago, the paper ran a front-page story about
the wonders of new technologies, including deep learning, a neurally-inspired A.I. technique for statistical analysis. Then, among others, came an article about how I.B.M.’s Watson had been repurposed into a chef, followed by an upbeat post about quantum computation. On Sunday, the paper ran a front-page story about “biologically inspired processors,” “brainlike computers” that learn from experience.
This past Sunday’s story, by John Markoff, announced that
“computers have entered the age when they are able to learn from their
own mistakes, a development that is about to turn the digital world on
its head.” The deep-learning story, from a year ago, also by Markoff,
told us of “advances in an artificial intelligence technology that can
recognize patterns offer the possibility of machines that perform human
activities like seeing, listening and thinking.” For fans of “Battlestar
Galactica,” it sounds like exciting stuff.
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