A) could discover new laws of physics Not really it can only discover the laws that actually exist or a close acclimation of such. Humans can already kill most people on the planet with bombs or disease to be "god like" you need to step above that and the laws of physics would need to support that jump. So it might not think of the universe using the same laws we do but it does not get to make them up as it goes along.
B) Not really it's a well known problem with AI. Over train a learning system and you get worse behavior.
C) Nope. Information theory puts strict limits on how much you can zoom in with a web cam. If an AI want's to earn about sub atomic physics it needs to look at the output of a particle accelerator. Can it make a better theory with existing data? Well see B.
D) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock%27s_law The semiconductor industry has always been extremely capital-intensive, with very low unit manufacturing costs. Thus, the ultimate limits to growth of the industry will constrain the maximum amount of capital that can be invested in new products; at some point, Rock's Law will collide with Moore's Law.
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A) could discover new laws of physics Not really it can only discover the laws that actually exist or a close acclimation of such. Humans can already kill most people on the planet with bombs or disease to be "god like" you need to step above that and the laws of physics would need to support that jump. So it might not think of the universe using the same laws we do but it does not get to make them up as it goes along.
B) Not really it's a well known problem with AI. Over train a learning system and you get worse behavior.
C) Nope. Information theory puts strict limits on how much you can zoom in with a web cam. If an AI want's to earn about sub atomic physics it needs to look at the output of a particle accelerator. Can it make a better theory with existing data? Well see B.
D) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock%27s_law The semiconductor industry has always been extremely capital-intensive, with very low unit manufacturing costs. Thus, the ultimate limits to growth of the industry will constrain the maximum amount of capital that can be invested in new products; at some point, Rock's Law will collide with Moore's Law.