Oh, Stop Calling Us Gods!

Source: The Institute of Art and Ideas

I had a fight with my girlfriend, how can I get her back? Can you tell me Mr. Computer? Well the only thing we’re not doing nowadays is this! Asking life advices from a computer. Why? Because developers are still developing artificial brains, and this is not a thing like all of the other topics regarding artificial intelligence, start with bread and butter and every story leads to a one place, can we really achieve that? Yes we can! Well you can see lot of questions from the beginning because us people we have lot of questions from the evolution of mankind, and every question led us to discover something new. That’s why Artificial Brain became the one of top emerging technologies in the world today.

Have you ever had a feeling like, we’re also programmed? Like human being is a machine when compared to something, we take food to keep our body running we have veins like wires and we have a heart that beats like a processor and inside brain where all the data stored, and the operating system, we have inputs and outputs, whoever programmed us they programmed fear, love with lot of ‘if’s and ‘else’s but they programmed us well. The only riddle we have left is the person who is reading this right now, the mind keeps saying things and thinking and taking decisions right now, the soul is the only thing that makes the difference from anything in this universe, is the main source which gives the meaning to the word “life”, if we gave life for an such a device, it will be a god-like production, so let’s try and sort this riddle out by approaching the question how an artificial brain is going to build.

When it comes to developing an artificial brain, we have to know that how it is going to work. Because lot of people talk about artificial intelligence and without knowing how it works they misjudge the creation of this revolutionary thing.

1. Cognitive functions. - Cognitive functions are done by neurons in our brain, and these functions support us to think, memorize something, to give attention, solve a problem and to make a decision. (use “Algorithms”)

1. The brain’s circuitry. - This is very important because our brain’s circuitry create the map inside our brain, it creates the road to make sure the neurons are going smoothly as our functions. (“the architecture” of the artificial brain)

1. Unique properties of neurons and synapses. - These are the tangible things in our brain, which work like wires and joints to physically make the way to neurons and synapses. (these are will be “devices”)

• Google’s DeepMind – they are focusing on learning to solve any complex problem without needing to be taught. You can use StarCraft II learning environment. 

• Nara Logics SynapticIntelligence Platform – they use the same connection between two neurons mathematically to take decisions by their platform. 

• NeuraLink – this is a ultrahigh bandwidth brain-machine interface to connect humans and computers. 

• IRIS.AI – they use non-semantic neural topic modelling input tailored hierarchy to help people on scientific things.

“With artificial intelligence we are summoning the demon.” – Elon Musk

"Some people call this artificial intelligence, but the reality is this technology will enhance us. So instead of artificial intelligence, I think we'll augment our intelligence." –  Ginni Rometty

well as you can see many scientists would not agree with the fact “creation of A.I” because some say it will lean against human beings, but as you can see if god created humans,  have we ever stood against god? No. If they created us then they created us the way they wanted, so many years ago Alan Turing proves this point with his research on artificial intelligence which he started in 1950.

“Do you know why people like violence? It is because it feels good. Humans find violence deeply satisfying. But remove the satisfaction, and the act becomes hollow.” – Alan Turing.

Can you imagine how an artificial brain going to look like? Well don’t think too serious is it going to come like a hardware with plug-n-play?, we can put it this way, how about a brain we can purchase from the internet and directly download and install it to one of our computers? I’ll be surprised because “I just brought a Brain from the internet”.

Let’s talk about some examples in present, those who are actually using artificial intelligence-like technology and how day by day they are taking one step towards the creation of it.

Go and have a look at these artificial-like brains and how they are working and developing themselves, day by day towards the best creation of mankind, which is not accepted by lot of people,

Here goes my question again, “I had a fight with my girlfriend, and how can I get her back? Can you tell me Mr. Computer?” well this question can be asked in future maybe it will asked by me maybe the word girlfriend can be changed to wife, or my children or my grandchildren will be asking these type of questions in near future from their pals which is going to be an “Artificial Intelligence” for sure.

Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." - Genesis 1:26.

---

By Kanishka Abeykoon.
     09/03/2017