{"id":595,"date":"2016-08-09T10:25:08","date_gmt":"2016-08-09T10:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artificialbrain.xyz\/?p=595"},"modified":"2016-11-12T10:36:02","modified_gmt":"2016-11-12T10:36:02","slug":"artificial-intelligence-personhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newworldai.com\/artificial-intelligence-personhood\/","title":{"rendered":"Artificial Intelligence & Personhood"},"content":{"rendered":"

We will learn about artificial intelligence, including Weak AI and Strong AI, and the various ways thinkers have tried to define Strong AI. We will also consider the Turing Test and John Searle’s response to the Turing Test, the Chinese Room.<\/p>\n

Hank explores artificial intelligence, including weak AI and strong AI, and the various ways that thinkers have tried to define strong AI including the Turing Test, and John Searle\u2019s response to the Turing Test, the Chinese Room. Hank also tries to figure out one of the more personally daunting questions yet: is his brother John a robot?<\/p>\n

You might be thinking, “Don’t we have artificial intelligence already, like on my phone?” Well, yeah, but the kind of AI that we use to send our texts and proofread our emails and plot our commutes to work is pretty weak in the technical sense. A machine or system that mimics some aspect of human intelligence is known as weak AI. Siri is a good example, but similar technology has been around a lot longer than that. Autocorrect, spell check, even old school calculators are capable of mimicking portions of human intelligence. Weak AI is characterized by its relatively narrow range of thought-like abilities. Strong AI, on the other hand, is a machine or system that actually thinks like us, whatever it is that our brains do, Strong AI is an inorganic system that does the same thing. While Weak AI has been around for a long time and keeps getting stronger, we have yet to design a system with strong AI.<\/p>\n