In a recent Facebook Q&A, Mark Zuckerberg expressed his desires to develop an AI that is better than humans at using the five primary senses. Could it be that his ultimate goal is to develop artificial intelligence that surpasses human intelligence?
The Five Senses of Facebook’s Future AI
Mark Zuckerberg expressed that Facebook’s goal is to bring an AI that can recognize anything that’s in an image or a video, understand and relay information about it. They’re hoping to develop artificial intelligence that an translate speech to text and vice versa, so it can answer any natural language question it’s asked.
Facebook’s AI has already given the company some trouble, with concerns about the AI being able to recognize users that don’t even belong to the social network via Facebook’s DeepFace facial recognition platform.
Facebook Buys Oculus and Develops AI, What’s Next?
Mark Zuckerberg added that Facebook is developing VR because it’s set to be the next major breakthrough in technology after smartphones, and by acquiring Oculus, Mark Zuckerberg hopes to bring the day that phones are in our pockets and smart glasses on or heads to enable us to see virtual structures, and virtual reality is bound to bring about new ways to live that aren’t possible at the moment.
Is Mark Zuckerberg Fancying Himself An Android?
Under Mark Zuckerberg’s word, there may come the day when humans are part robot and part human. Though there’s probably quite some time to go before that can even be envisioned, Mark Zuckerberg’s words serve as valuable food for thought.
