Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Paradoxical irony II: Artificial Intelligence Vs. Natural Stupidity

This is the epic battle of the century: which reigns supreme? Artificial intelligence or natural stupidity?

CASE 1
Artificial intelligence - superbly annoying analytical skills

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Ok, A.I looks like it gains the upperhand here. Coz it has the ability to make you feel really dumb.

BUT. The natural stupidity camp has George W. Bush. Don't misunderestimate him.

"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we." --George W. Bush in a speech in Washington, D.C.

I know, I know. Natural stupidity wins hands down.


CASE 2
Artificial intelligence - Can do integration in a matter of seconds
Natural stupidity - Can press calculator to do integration in a matter of seconds, but still get the answer wrong.

Again, natural stupidity wins.


CASE 3
Artificial Intelligence - the wonders of Google
Try to google "country name which starts with the letter "U"" and you may get millions of search results, of which may include totally unrelated dumbass stuff like "how to start to name U punya baby". Ok maybe not.

Natural stupidity - the sheer dumbness
A jounalist went on the streets in America to ask passers-by what seems to be the easiest question - which country name starts with the letter "U"?
"Erm, Uthopia?"

USA duh! Don't you like, listen to miley cyrus? The not so subtle surprise: not a person answered USA, although they freaking live there.

Well looks like it's 3-0 with natural stupidity emerging as the victor!

So I guess we shouldn't be afraid of robots taking over the world. We should instead embrace ourselves for stupidity reigning over homo sapiens. And maybe monkeys and gorillas. But mainly homo sapiens.

Be afraid. Be very, very afraid. I think your IQ just dropped after reading this. *gulps*