Hey everyone. I am not an expert in machine learning but an avid futurist and love thinking about the disruptive impact AI will have on our future. I thought this might be of interest to you.
An important factor of intelligence is the ability to analyze all potential decisions and their outcomes quickly and then make the decision that has the highest probability of achieving one's goals.
For example: We as humans make a choice of whether or not to go to a networking event. This may help us obtain a job in 5 years. Instead of going to the networking event we could have read a book or gone to lunch with friends. The book might give us an idea for a startup and lunch with friends might strengthen our relationship and make us happier.
The amount of time we spend thinking about a decision is based on how important it is. We don't spend much time thinking about where to go to lunch because it will not have a huge impact on our lives in 5 years but we do spend a lot of time thinking about the university we will attend because it has a huge impact on our future.
For example the decision of whether to go to Subway or McDonalds for lunch would be of minor importance - you would look a month into the future. Is the 1,000 calorie Big Mac going to add too many calories and make you lose the flat stomach for the upcoming Spring Break trip or is it worth the extra happiness to eat those delicious fries. A decision of which university to attend would be critically important and you would look 70 years into the future calculating how the location would impact happiness, how alumni might impact future career opportunities and if current student have similar interests as you.
Could quantum computing be used by AI to make better decisions and improve it's intelligence? It would cap how far it would calculate future outcomes based on the relative importance of the decision.
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