Why can't AI 'think' like us? | Graham Morehead | TEDxSpokane

[@bernstock]

Finally some real talk on A.I. instead of the usual hyperbole. Great talk

[@GrahamMorehead-dy1ms]

appreciate this. Thank you

[@SublimeRanter]

his point about standing in awe of our own brains instead of fearing AI was beautiful. Great way to end the talk.

[@guidolazzaro1396]

I liked how he emphasized the positive impact of AI while still acknowledging its limitations.

[@josefthepichler]

I loved that he used such a creative story to explain such a technical concept. Definitely gets the point across a heck of a lot better

[@thisisjustright]

I loved the analogy about the question box! It really highlights the different ways we can connect with information and it was trippy to think about the guy in the box not even understanding lol

[@kristyphoney]

The talk left me feeling optimistic about the future of AI. It's a tool, not a threat, we just have to keep that in mind

[@holiverhurtado]

“I don´t fear that artificial brain you shouldn´t either instead of fearing that artificial brain you should stand in awe the one you’ve been given.” I'll keep that phase.

[@CarelleDjuffo]

Exactly, Our brain is supernatural, like GOD

[@GrahamMorehead-dy1ms]

I'm happy that you like that. I meant it.

[@thiagodornelas131]

his point about not fearing AI was reassuring. It's just a different kind of intelligence, not something to be afraid of.

[@GrahamMorehead]

♥

[@iamsamfemia]

Okay thank you for making the concept of AI much clearer to me. I've not really had much exposure to it because there's no need for it in my line of work but it's always good to be informed, especially about something so pressing

[@bradcouper]

Yup that analogy with the 'question box' and the non-Japanese speaker does a great job at showing the complexity of AI understanding.

[@carolineadam7351]

that question box analogy was brilliant. really puts things in perspective. AI's just doing glorified pattern matching, not actually understanding stuff like we do.

[@GrahamMorehead]

Thank you! I got the idea from John Searle

[@kraf-tee-bu-ger6078]

The distinction between human and AI thought processes was really well explained, especially with the tree structure vs. fuzzy amalgamation analogy.

[@DollThrone]

I agree that fear of AI is misplaced. It’s all about understanding and using AI as a tool, not seeing it as a threat.

[@the-coffee-lover]

NGL I got lost in some of the technical details, but the overall message came through. AI thinks way differently than us, and that's both cool and a little scary. gonna have to watch this again to catch everything.

[@aliayvance]

the biomimicry perspective on AI research is fascinating. Makes you appreciate the complexity of the human brain.

[@therealjordanisme]

I wish he had more time to dive deeper into some of the concepts he was was mentioned, it was all super interesting!

[@GrahamMorehead]

TEDx talks are limited for sure -- so I wrote a book too: "The Shape of Thought: Why your brain is so different from AI"

[@dreamyboyd4588]

I really, really loved the comparison to mother nature towards the end in terms of all the lessons over all the billion years of life. Was a really cool note to finish on

[@geesumcrow]

Great talk! I don’t fear the AI, I want it to do all the boring stuff so humans can be free to do the good stuff.

[@morefunallthetime]

man, the complexity of human cognition is wild. makes me appreciate my own mind more. kinda cool to think about all the processes going on in our heads that we're not even aware of. biology is lit!

[@happybarker]

Thanks for helping make sense of this! I feel like there's so much conflicting information about AI it's nice to hear something actually useful

[@UncleUnivers]

Wow, this talk really made me think about AI in a different way. Never realized how different AI "thinking" is from human cognition.

[@cliftonwilliams7489]

So much stuff I always wondered about getting answered here, thanks!

[@jimwebbjr]

the tree structure of language in our brains is fascinating. never thought about it that way before. makes me appreciate how complex human thought is. no wonder learning new languages is so hard!

[@thalathotitharunprabhakar3390]

Amazing talk and the ending appreciating the awe of human brain is superb.

[@raejenson]

Could hardly believe what I was hearing. A speaker giving a nuanced view rather than the normal fear-mongering. 👏

[@Dollspell]

Realizing how little I actually know about AI…. time to educate myself more on this stuff because it feels important to understand, especially with how much it's going to impact our lives in the future

[@stayhappylittlemermaid]

Always believe in who you are, and where you are going. Be strong in every circumstance and you'll conquer whatever comes in the way.

[@raphkisento]

wish he'd addressed more of the ethical concerns around AI instead of just saying not to fear it. feel like that's a huge part of the conversation we need to be having. maybe in a follow-up talk?

[@meganfreed1989]

I loved the visuals in this talk. really helped understand the points. I always appreciate when speakers put effort into their presentations, makes it so much easier to follow along and remember the key points.

[@johnjjgravely]

I like taking the perspective of AI being a tool that can be used to enhance human abilities rather than replace them. I think that's the most productive way to think of it

[@caroldutton1277]

This is really great information thank you!! It makes me appreciate the complexity of human thought even more.

[@wittylove7215]

I might be one of the few here but I'm actually kind of excited to see the impact AI will have on society in the long run

[@miatharlow]

I don't remember where I heard it but there's a quote about how humans only fear AI because we know what we're capable of, and we're the ones making/programming AI

[@SpiritStride]

This talk made me realize how little I actually know about AI lol but still a really great talk! I enjoyed learning about the differences between the two.

[@PrincessStrangeLove]

Makes a lot of sense and honestly it would be weird if AI thought in the same way as us because I think a lot of human thought is actually pretty scattered

[@nothx3299]

man, this talk makes me grateful for my own brain. billions of years of evolution at work baby! and here we are trying to recreate it with computers, pretty cool

[@dizzeedean]

never thought of AI research as biomimicry before! kinda cool to think we're trying to recreate nature's work in a way.

[@HTS_aquib]

what a wonderful speech....

[@ekimoduarte]

self-attention in AI sounds wild. It's like a fuzzy, messy version of how we think. kinda reminds me of those abstract paintings where you can sorta see the shape but it's all blurry. wonder if that's what the inside of my brain looks like lol.

[@thefast_and_the_curious]

I never realized how much heavy lifting our brains do without us noticing! Makes sense that AI's got a long way to go before it catches up.

[@georgel2393]

the matrix explanation for AI thinking was cool, but I wish he'd dug deeper into it. guess there's only so much you can cover in a short talk. definitely sparked my curiosity to learn more about it though.

[@waltersiegismund]

Very well explained!

[@AnthatiKhasim-i1e]

"SmythOS technologies can support large companies in optimizing their supply chains, from demand forecasting to inventory management, leading to cost savings."

[@i-am-hanging_with_my_gnomies]

lmao at the two-employee company joke. guess my job's safe for now! but seriously, it's good to know AI isn't quite ready to take over everything. gives us time to figure out how to adapt.

[@Him-Again]

that conspiracy board comparison was spot on. really shows the gap between AI and human understanding. kinda like how my grandma tries to use a smartphone - the end result might look similar, but the process is completely different lol

[@kakakakanananana]

kinda mind-blowing to think about how much processing power goes into AI. makes my brain hurt just thinking about it!

[@alicemonay]

This is making me think about other languages and cultures like would AI process things differently based on the language input? Would there be cultural differences between the user and AI based on where the person who programmed the AI is from? It's really interesting stuff!

[@thedaveallan]

I'm still wrapping my head around how AI processes information, but this helped a lot. It's like trying to understand how a completely alien species thinks.

[@manishjaiswal1942]

Great infortainment

[@Nobody-rkm]

Why AI needs to think or feel like us to benefit the humanity

[@nocopyrightgameplaystockvi231]

Some people like drama

[@GrahamMorehead-dy1ms]

If you took the math behind AI and used pencils and paper instead of silicon, you get the same answers. I don't believe that pencils+paper has the ability to feel. I don't believe that translating the math into silicon magically creates feeling either. What does it even mean to "feel?"

[@BruceWayne-nm5cr]

Kind of surprised people need this explained to them

[@GrahamMorehead]

We can't all be geniuses like you

[@BruceWayne-nm5cr]

@@GrahamMorehead 🤣🤣 okay, I'll just get back in my cave

[@norahwason3306]

Great Speech HoneyGraham!

[@GrahamMorehead-dy1ms]

Norah! you were always the only one who called me that 🙂 I love hearing that.

[@bukurie6861]

Thank you share😍

[@GrahamMorehead-dy1ms]

yes please!

[@maryamrashidi2329]

Interesting idea, but would have needed far more elaboration for it not to seem like a naive trivialization of the complexity of AI systems and LLMs. If it all were so simple (or so simply explainable and brush-over-able), no one would have given AI the time of day.

[@GrahamMorehead-dy1ms]

Agreed. There are many papers that indicate the opposite of what I think, such as, "Emergent World Representations: Exploring a Sequence Model Trained on a Synthetic Task" [Li et al.]. It is FAR from simple, but they wanted this TEDx talk to be 10 min.

[@siriusleto3758]

It will always be a mimic, even if it becomes better than a human individual.

[@aldrinmilespartosa1578]

It isnt really the A.I but the Human behind it you should get afraid off. Because we all know our own species and know the capabilities of alot of shenanigans they can exibit.

[@GrahamMorehead-dy1ms]

TOTALLY. Remember, a good guy with an AI can stop a bad guy with an AI.

[@vivashus5140]

Not sure I agree with everything he said, but it definitely gave me a lot to think about lol

[@lesliecrossI]

I wonder if it will ever get to the point where it does though

[@davinachilds]

I get why he's downplaying the fear of job loss due to AI, but I still worry about the potential displacement of jobs. It's not just about AI taking over roles but how we adapt to this change in the job market that's going to be tricky.

[@GrahamMorehead]

Yeah -- it's going to be trickier than we can even understand right now. We need to think like surfers. Technology is a wave that moves whether we like it or not. We need to surf that wave instead of letting it bash us on the shore.

[@anirvinkandarpa5544]

i have three words for you "Tree of Thoughts"

[@GrahamMorehead-dy1ms]

yes -- thoughts are tree shaped

[@ViktorVoid]

ai just came out and everyone is already complaining thats its not good enough

[@GrahamMorehead-dy1ms]

Well, when I studied, we start off with papers that came out in the 1940s ...

[@kaihanderstan]

Kinda mind-boggling to think about how different AI "thought" processes are from ours. Like... it's not even close lol

[@northwill]

Did everyone from Spokane attend the venue:D?

[@GrahamMorehead-dy1ms]

they were both there

[@FelipeCantalic3]

Where I can find more about memory tree structure?

[@FelipeCantalic3]

@@Jman33333 Nope. Regression and data structures videos only

[@GrahamMorehead]

I wrote a book on this: "The Shape of Thought: Why your brain is so different from AI" (on amazon)

[@FelipeCantalic3]

@@GrahamMorehead Interesting. Thanks!

[@BroadMarginGirl]

Thanks for this info!! There's so much conversations about AI and I always feel like I don't know enough to contribute but this all made a lot of sense to me!

[@granmabecker]

I''m still not sure I understand what AI is?

[@a_desired_turtle]

AI can never be as complicated as my girlfriend.

[@adrianblanco6641]

😂😂😂😂 real

[@ywp200bb]

🤣🤣🤣

[@abhinavmenon9140]

You need an AI girlfriend now

[@TheRealUsername]

You should try Claude 3 to solve her, that AI is very smart, believe me it will solve her

[@free2Lib]

Agreed!

[@HobbesNJoe]

Just wait.

[@nancymorsay9624]

I wish he'd addressed some of the concerns people have instead of just saying we shouldn't be afraid... I don't know it just felt a bit dismissive

[@justinesaxenn]

feeling less scared of AI after this talk. maybe skynet isn't coming for us after all.

[@ROCKFF-wc6lj]

😮

[@gacorrea1]

When the speaker tells the audience that matrices were being added, he keeps saying at each iteration that things "didn't work", which required more matrices to be added. But, disappointingly, he fails to explain what exactly did not work.

[@valeriegervais]

AI doesn't scare me, its the people that own that do

[@shamimaAkther-tc6di]

Great

[@KenOtwell]

Ai is not designed (currently) to think like we do. Expecting them to is foolish.

[@ThecreativeVA]

AI is here to make us work smarter and not take away our jobs

[@mmokhtabad]

Only if I could trust him!

[@reemahmed7851]

Can robot 🤖 became better than us if every one develops its own one and connecting them together is impotent though so I can control my robot 🤖 and as well as yours. Especially when this what does happen naturally between us all time.

[@manojhansda7743]

Hello dear friends ❤❤

[@MyAmazingDarkenedSky]

Not even all of us can think like us hahaha let alone something grounded in mechanics and programming!

[@shureedouglas8682]

his explanation of self-attention and matrices in AI went over my head a bit, but I get the gist. It's WAY different from how we think.

[@GrahamMorehead]

self-attention is a deep topic. Sounds like you got main idea!

[@PlanofBattle]

I will ask the question again. Does Intelligence have to be self-aware?

[@GrahamMorehead]

No. I believe intelligence and awareness (self or otherwise) are independent of each other. This is even true in humans. Anil Seth talks of a girl born without a cortex. She had zero intelligence but was still aware.

[@garymacdonald5370]

this still worries me on so many levels

[@mariaantoniettamontella9173]

applausi

[@shahidabraham6425]

Hindi audio track please 😢 please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please

[@gkumartube]

Bro, Subtitles -> English (auto generate) then Subtitles -> Auto Translate -> Hindi

[@schalomtaylor9448]

The idea of reverse engineering the human brain is both exciting and a little scary. Wonder how far we'll get with that.

[@eliseseveniegn]

Wow this topic really does bring out some opinions lmao

[@andreasmoyseos5980]

I didn't get why 'AI can't think like us'.

[@ceesno9955]

Because AI doesn't pay bills or has to worry about how to make ends meet every day.

[@GrahamMorehead-dy1ms]

@@ceesno9955 It's our child -- we still pay the electric bill

[@JK_JK_JK_JK]

What if you could vote for An AI American President or An AI Prime Minister?!?! 🤔🧐

[@terrylambert8149]

Stop calling it artificial intelligence and call it what it is, Artificial Instinct .

[@GrahamMorehead]

Can I take this?

[@deborahklinkner1730]

AI is all logic no emotion because a computer can't be programmed to feel emition. Wise mine is the combination of logic & emotion therefors AI can never have a wise mind

[@ceesno9955]

I disagree. We should make Ai be responsible to pay bills, while being paid barely enough to cover. Give it wants based on logic and give it a set base of preset bills. ❤ We will learn or not.

[@HobbesNJoe]

Why is he dressed as Agent Smith??

[@GrahamMorehead]

one of the best bad guys ever

[@michaelhunt635]

Not totally buying his optimism. AI still seems like a potential threat to me.

[@bharath2508]

AI lacks creative thinking

[@Gujar99-ji]

View buyers

[@ayg2199]

because they’re all glorified lookups

[@robertjoinersr]

I must admit, it's a little freaky how AI can confidently make up stuff like that crime dog philosopher. makes you wonder how much of what we read online might be AI-generated nonsense.

[@markgrissom6107]

The speaker is so trapped in his own tunnel of logic that he can‘t see any other lights. When people get laid off because AI takes over their jobs, it‘s not about abstract concepts like free will or language tree, it‘s about costs and money. When people get hired to do certain jobs which are now being replaced by AI, no one - not the employers, not the employees -, care about your language tree! You just get laid off. Of course, you can still revel in the illusion of your unique human way, but you are jobless and you find yourself sleeping on the street. And that‘s not scary?!

[@GrahamMorehead]

it is scary. No fate but what we make

[@Water_melon_slice]

This guy talks like AI

[@rick49]

That's exactly what an AI would say.

[@TheRealUsername]

That's exactly how two AIs would interact with each other.

[@polluxsimracing3712]

Because it thinks better?😂