John F. Sowa wrote:
>> AI is dominated by brilliant people who are totally out of touch
>> with anything and everything that goes on in the field of commercial
>> data processing. There is no question that many of their ideas
>> could, if properly implemented, revolutionize commercial systems.
>>
This is a serious problem, but it is only one symptom of a deadlier
malaise. From a Darwinian perspective, intelligence is selected-for
because it enables rapid adaptation to reality. (In military terms, it
allows shorter, more effective OODA loops.) However, the purpose of
American military intelligence -- the de facto employer of the dominant
people in AI -- has in recent decades become the control of the
*perception* of reality. That can work for a while, just as denial can
work for a while in dealing with some psychological crises. In the end,
though, the principle of "Adapt or Die" is inexorable. If your OODA
loops keep taking you in the wrong directions, you lose. (01)
I note the calamitous conclusion of the Valerie Plame-Wilson case at the
Supreme Court's doorstep. If there's anything in the American immune
system capable of reversing the course of this particular disease of its
Central Nervous System (CNS), it remains to be seen. Bill Casey, among
others, apparently didn't bother to read the manual for America's CNS,
or maybe he just didn't believe it, or maybe he just had other
priorities than ministering to the health of the American republic. (02)
I'm asking my IC friends to consider how central the truth is to their
motivations, and to the realities of their workplaces. I don't want to
know their thoughts about these things; I just want them to reflect on
whether and how they are serving their country's best interests. It's no
more or less than I cringe to ask myself. (03)
Steve Newcomb (04)
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