Will Robots be Smarter than Us Idiots?

Will AI surpass human intelligence?

Well, I must say I'm quite impressed that you think humans are capable of producing anything intelligent, since I've long been questioning how dumb our species really is. I mean really, go to a crosswalk on campus and see how low the IQ's are of the various drivers who completely ignore students/people crossing the street and almost get into collisions due to going one hundred over the speed limit.

So, do I feel it will happen?
Absolutely not. Since humans are so arrogant, I'd find it difficult to believe that we'd be willing to create something that can come close to matching our intelligence. I also find it more difficult to believe we'd be smart enough to create something so complex. It's essentially like creating a living species without any reproduction (hmm, guess that should take the weight off parent's shoulders and decrease the need for child support, however), and that's a bit silly to think about.

However, on the crazy notion that it will happen, let's think about it for a moment. If AI surpassed human intelligence, I don't really understand why people think they'll think humans are worthless (well, they're right, but that's beside the point) and just decide to kill us all. It could be like Futurama and they could coexist with us without any issues. Then again, if robots somehow had emotions that would make most of what I just said irrelevant.

Moving on now.

Wanna know why I feel this way? I don't remember what we talked about in class so I'll make this up as I go along. Anywho, my main reason is simply this: WE DON'T HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY FOR IT YET! People can barely program video games right without bugs, so programming a fully operational system capable of thinking on its own is quite ludicrous. However, technology is much more advanced than you may think I believe, mind you. No, I don't mean we're all in loincloths and so far behind we'll never get there, but I'd assume at the rate we're going that to create an AI with human intelligence, first of all, that it would have to go through SERIOUSLY EXTENSIVE testing so it doesn't blow up the earth in one shot. Second, you'd have to implement the system so that it does NOT rely on what humans input into it, and that's extremely hard to do (from what I heard, haven't actually tried it.) Thirdly, people are already shaking in their boots witnessing robots behave like humans nowadays (walking, talking, hugging, etc.) and we've all seen Terminator and know exactly what that could lead into (yes, this goes against what I said earlier, but as I said I'm making this up as I go along. If you actually read these, I'm sure you've noticed I haven't put much information on this blog anyway. Meh.)

I believe that's more than 400 words so I'll stop abruptly. Ta ta for now.