Tweaking Algorithms: Touching Up Nicks and Scrapes?
January 30, 2018
Is it possible that algorithms are growing and changing along with the basic needs of our artificial intelligence? Yes, and no, is pretty much the answer. We learned how many are claiming to be revolutionizing the DNA of artificial intelligence and how they might be blowing smoke from a recent Phys.org story, “The Algorithms of Our Future Thinking Machines.”
According to the story:
“The challenge of constructing algorithms for dynamic systems is in the nature of those systems: they are in constant change. Traffic cameras, radar, and inertial sensors are some of the devices delivering the information the algorithm requires. Now another extremely dynamic system is becoming more central to Thomas Schön’s and his colleagues’ projects: the human body.”
This is some neat research and well worth a read, but the grandiose claims are a little unfounded. People have been constructing algorithms for dynamic systems for quite a while. From search engines to video games to the above mentioned, there is not a lot of undiscovered territory in this land. However, that does not mean there are not new depths to explore. We have found the mountain, so now it is time to crack it open and see what gems are hiding inside. If bright minds like this can tune their thinking that way, we could be in for some grand surprises or clumsy scratch repairs.
Patrick Roland, January 30, 2018
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