Neosapience - The unstoppable ascent
Neosapience -- which is my word for artificial intelligence (AI) -- is obviously all over the news. From self driving cars to ChatGPT ( technically, large language models) this new 'technology' has not only taken the world by storm but threatens certain core financial and social constructs that define human society . There is however a counter-view that claims that neo sapiens (AI programs or silicon intelligence) can never supersede the original homo sapiens (carbon based humans and animals) because they are being 'programmed' or built by humans. Continuing on this theme, it is argued because neo sapiens are being built by homo sapiens, they are at best an imitation of the original creators and so cannot be anything new, different or superior to what the originals are. Hence, humanity is safe from a takeover by neosapience. In this article, we argue why this is not true. But to begin with what is intelligence? A simple, straightforward definition is unlikely to satisf...