The wild concept uses neural net theory to unify quantum and classical mechanics.
This is a great jumping-off point for larger philosophical discussions.
In a thought-provoking new paper, a physicist suggests the whole universe could be a single neural network a competing “theory of everything” that could unite quantum and classical mechanics, he says.
If this is true and that’s a
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What’s a Neural Network?
A neural network is what’s called a data structure, which is a shape or format for organizing ideas inside computer hardware. If you’ve ever made a shopping list or written down the steps to complete a task, you’ve made a data structure. If you’ve “opened a ticket” in an IT support system at your job, that ticket probably joined a data structure called a queue. You may have even programmed these structures, too, writing code for stacks, trees, and more.
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The premise sounds scary, but knowing the odds will help scientists who work on these projects.
Self-teaching AI already exists and can teach itself things programmers don’t “fully understand.”
In a new study, researchers from Germany’s Max Planck Institute for Human Development say they’ve shown that an artificial intelligence in the category known as “superintelligent” would be impossible for humans to contain with competing software.
That . doesn’t sound promising. But are we really all doomed to bow down to our sentient AI overlords?
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Berlin’s Institute for Human Development studies how humans learn and how we subsequently build and teach machines to learn. A superintelligent AI is one that exceeds human intelligence and can teach itself new things beyond human grasp. It’s this phenomenon that causes a great deal of thought and research.