Originally shared by Corina Marinescu The theory of multiple intelligences is a theory of intelligence that differentiates it into specific (primarily sensory) 'modalities', rather than seeing intelligence as dominated by a single general ability. This model was proposed by Howard Gardner in his 1983 book Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences. In the heyday of the psychometric and behaviorist eras, it was generally believed that intelligence was a single entity that was inherited; and that human beings – initially a blank slate – could be trained to learn anything, provided that it was presented in an appropriate way. Nowadays an increasing number of researchers believe precisely the opposite; that there exists a multitude of intelligences, quite independent of each other; that each intelligence has its own strengths and constraints; that the mind is far from unencumbered at birth; and that it is unexpectedly difficult to teach things that go against early ‘naiv...
This article is too simplistic. Comparison with childhood is interesting but he doesn't think about AI model which will be used. AI will not be inevitably based on human model. An AI can be based on virus, insect etc models... In our society which is still primitive with her wars, crimes, financial market and her modern slavery, religion, nationalism, ecology... AI can out perform some of this bad fields. AI is not the real problem, humanity is it. So who will decide which model is the right one? An AI developped in army research could be sign human extinction in the worst case
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of merging of the AI with us and the idea of AI as children. but what if it figures our ideals e.g. space exploration not worth persuing?
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