Can AI Games Create Super-Intelligent Humans? 312
destinyland writes "A technology CEO sees game artificial intelligence as the key to a revolution in education, predicting a synergy where games create smarter humans who then create smarter games. Citing lessons drawn from Neal Stephenson's The Diamond Age, Alex Peake, founder of Primer Labs, sees the possibility of a self-fueling feedback loop which creates 'a Moore's law for artificial intelligence,' with accelerating returns ultimately generating the best possible education outcomes. 'What the computer taught me was that there was real muggle magic ...' writes Peake, adding 'Once we begin relying on AI mentors for our children and we get those mentors increasing in sophistication at an exponential rate, we're dipping our toe into symbiosis between humans and the AI that shape them.'"
aperture education (Score:5, Funny)
"children. Keep calm and continue testing."
"At the end there will be cake."
Re:Citing lessons drawn from Neal Stephenson's The (Score:4, Funny)
I don't think citing a work of fiction to support your thesis about video games will get you taken very seriously,
Not mention his reference to 'muggle magic'.
Hmmm... (Score:3, Funny)
I think this is more an example of Lawnmower Man.