Post by timmy on Mar 13, 2016 14:14:13 GMT
Watching the game of AlphaGo vs Lee Sedol for the last few days, I was quite surprised at AlphaGo's ability.
Anyways, I can say nothing but to say that AlphaGo was incredible. Though we witnessed a mistake in today's match at the 79th point, it was almost nearly "perfect." And then, I personally think even that move was not random- it just forgot to predict the next 20 of Lee Sedol's moves. I mean, to be honest, that's what I would have done in that situation. (I was actually a pro few years back, believe it or not)
What I want to emphasize is that the kind of mistake that AlphaGo made today was what others would have made in that situation, meaning that it was almost like human not only in its strategies and moves, but in mistakes as well. I'm not really a computer guy (please do reply if you know the specifics of AlphaGo), so I don't completely understand how his program actually works. For what I saw, it seemed to know too much to be called simple programming. Finally, if AlphaGo played against perhaps any other proffesionals, he would have made a 100% winning rate, meaning it is completely better than most of us.
Then I want to ask another question. God created men. But then, men created AlphaGo. And somehow, men's creation became BETTER than a God's. Could that mean that we surpuncooled even God as creators? I know that I'm sort of speaking against my own religion, but I'm not saying that we are the better creators- I just want to wonder out of my mere curiosity, as I know it is wrong to question His abilities. But, in a way, we can create better "intelligence." Is it possible for us, in the future, to be creating a better "being as a whole," including in abilities, physicals, and, oh my God, emotions? Right now, I feel we are making something like the Tower of Babel. By challenging machines to beat humans, we are challenging God's creation(the thing that makes God God) against what we made. Is it right that we do so? Are we okay to keep going?
Lastly, I want to talk about how these advancements can hurt us and only benefit the "super-rich." My dream is to be a stock analyst in Wallstreet after getting my degrees. I always felt that it was the right path for me, and I would perhaps give up everything to be a millionaire stock analyst. I tried hard in my own ways so far to reach that point. Last week, however, I saw that they were making programs that can work as a substitute for a stock analyst on the Economist. That made me wonder what my efforts are for if the society doesn't need me anymore. Good thing that I still have some time to change majors, still. However, if this continues, the super-rich will want to hire a machine instead of a top stock analyst that cost millions and millions a year. And then, machines are getting cheaper every minute as technology develops. The CEOs won't need human labor anymore- they will only need machines. The growing gap between the rich and the poor are getting bigger every second. I don't know what the world will be like if the poor even lose their chance to go up the social pyramid because of machines.
