They say AI is a long way off & yet have you ever wondered about those 'Prove your not a robot' tests when you visit certain sites?

Why have those tests at all if AI don't already exist?

I know there is a school of thought out there that fears AI would view us as a threat and wipe us out. But here's another school of thought. How about we close down Pornhub for a week and see what human's do to humanity then?

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Indieoriginal · 61-69, M

AI, actually, does exist now, not yet perfected, but in the works. Viv, the phone PDA I use, is an AI type program with learning capabilities. It is actually much like a human assistant, has my routines and preferences stored to memory.
As for AI robots, though, I think Asimov's 3 laws of robotics would be relevant now.

SW-User

Lots of the tests ask us to find pictures with crosswalks and traffic lights. If AI can’t identify those then I don’t want autonomous vehicles on the roads any time soon.

Thevy29 · 41-45, M

@SW-User Good point.

Viper · M

AI is smart robots, which could learn to pass those tests and by-pass them, as they learn and adapt on her own.

The robot tests are to stop dumb robots which can't learn or adapt on their own.

Pfuzylogic · M

Yandex uses machine language in its image search algorithm which is a complex AI.

SinlessOnslaught · 26-30, M

If AI weren't a long way off, then AI would pass those tests.

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