On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 3:05 PM, Bill Kontos vkontogpls@gmail.com wrote:
This is the most interesting article I've read in a long time. Like machine learning but on an fpga... and analog!!!
more than that: analog on a *digital* chip! and using E.M. effects (cross-talk) to make up the circuit! i'm just amazed... but perhaps it should not be unexpected.
the rest of the article makes a really good point, which has me deeply concerned now that there are fuckwits out there making "driverless" cars, toying with people's lives in the process. you have *no idea* what unexpected decisions are being made, what has been "optimised out".
with aircraft it's a different matter: the skies are clear, it's a matter of physics and engineering, and the job of taking off, landing and changing direction is, if extremely complex, actually just a matter of programming. also, the PILOT IS ULTIMATELY IN CHARGE.
cars - where you could get thrown unexpected completely unanticipated scenarios involving life-and-death decisions - are a totally different matter.
the only truly ethical way to create "driverless" cars is to create an actual *conscious* machine intelligence with which you can have a conversation, and *TEACH* it - through a rational conversation - what the actual parameters are for (a) the laws of the road (b) moral decisions regarding life-and-death situations.
applying genetic algorithms to driving of vehicles is a stupid, stupid idea because you cannot tell what has been "optimised out" - just as the guy from this article says.
l.