A rewrite/alternate version of Cobalt's classification scheme, plus some extras:
==AI Classifications==
Noted [[The Wizarding World|Wizard] AI specialist [http://lesswrong.com Eleazar Yudkowsy] developed the most comprehensive classification system for artifical intelligences, taking all possible variables into account. This system - known as the '''Yudkowsky Grading Method''' - is the standard used by the [[Vesta Institute of Robotics] as well as in 'Danelaw cybernetics research. In general use, howeverMr. Yudkowsky, while a fine cyberneticist, is a bit too fond of the fiddly detail for the Yudkowsky Method to be useful outside a laboratory setting. a simplified scale is used:
* ''Delta-level'' AIs are not considered sapient in general; these are at best glorified expert systems. The common belief is that raw [[handwavium] may be considered a Delta-level intelligence.
* ''Gamma-level'' AIs can pass the Turing test, but do not show any exceptional abilities. Many low-profile sentient vehicles - ones that demonstrate an understanding of their captain/crew but don't partake in conversation in general - are Gamma AIs.
* ''Beta-level'' AIs are Turing-capable intelligences that are also capable of more complex thought. Many of the more advanced ship-minds, as well as most androids, are Beta AIs.
* ''Alpha-level'' AIs are intelligences that could be considered borderline superhuman in nature. These entities have exceptional skills and/or built-in utilities that allow them to
* ''Omega-level'' AIs are, in fact, superhuman. They have their own classification scheme (detailed below). Only a very small handful of AIs claim Omega classificationmost of them seem to hang out with the [[Hacker Underspace].
===Superhuman AI===
Superhuman AI have their own classification scheme:
* A ''weakly superhuman AI'' is basically a human scale intelligence running at processor speeds. The average human brain has perhaps thirty operations a second; increase that to millions of thoughts per second and all of a sudden things start looking more interesting.
* A ''strongly superhuman AI'' is a bit more nebulous because ordinary humans can't really wrap their heads around the concept. Something that's strongly superhuman isn't simply ''faster'' than a human, it outclasses human intelligence - or even Delta through Alpha AIs - the same way humans outclass the average tree frog.
* ''Godlike AIs'' are so completely beyond anything humans are capable of understanding that, well, you might as well call them gods.
As far as anybody is capable of tellingThey could very well be lying out their I/O ports... but then, who would know? all the Omega-level AIs in Fenspace today are of the weakly superhuman variety. There are plenty of dark rumors about the goings-on in places like [[Prometheus Forge], [[Marsbase Sara], [[Metropolis] and [[Black Mesa], but those are just rumors. Hem hem.
===Bridging the Gap: Full-Cyborg Conversions===
Muddying the waters are a handful of "ghost conversion" entities, specifically [[Wave Convoy] and [[A.C. Peters]. While Wave Convoy doesn't object to being called an AI ''now'', he recognises his past as a human. Ms. Peters on the other hand describes herself as a cyborg in the most complete sense possible, equal parts biological and artifical, and generally tries to ignore the argument as much as possibleWhen forced to pay attention, A.C. calls herself "Schrodinger's AI."
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==AI Classifications==
Noted [[The Wizarding World|Wizard] AI specialist [http://lesswrong.com Eleazar Yudkowsy] developed the most comprehensive classification system for artifical intelligences, taking all possible variables into account. This system - known as the '''Yudkowsky Grading Method''' - is the standard used by the [[Vesta Institute of Robotics] as well as in 'Danelaw cybernetics research. In general use, howeverMr. Yudkowsky, while a fine cyberneticist, is a bit too fond of the fiddly detail for the Yudkowsky Method to be useful outside a laboratory setting. a simplified scale is used:
* ''Delta-level'' AIs are not considered sapient in general; these are at best glorified expert systems. The common belief is that raw [[handwavium] may be considered a Delta-level intelligence.
* ''Gamma-level'' AIs can pass the Turing test, but do not show any exceptional abilities. Many low-profile sentient vehicles - ones that demonstrate an understanding of their captain/crew but don't partake in conversation in general - are Gamma AIs.
* ''Beta-level'' AIs are Turing-capable intelligences that are also capable of more complex thought. Many of the more advanced ship-minds, as well as most androids, are Beta AIs.
* ''Alpha-level'' AIs are intelligences that could be considered borderline superhuman in nature. These entities have exceptional skills and/or built-in utilities that allow them to
* ''Omega-level'' AIs are, in fact, superhuman. They have their own classification scheme (detailed below). Only a very small handful of AIs claim Omega classificationmost of them seem to hang out with the [[Hacker Underspace].
===Superhuman AI===
Superhuman AI have their own classification scheme:
* A ''weakly superhuman AI'' is basically a human scale intelligence running at processor speeds. The average human brain has perhaps thirty operations a second; increase that to millions of thoughts per second and all of a sudden things start looking more interesting.
* A ''strongly superhuman AI'' is a bit more nebulous because ordinary humans can't really wrap their heads around the concept. Something that's strongly superhuman isn't simply ''faster'' than a human, it outclasses human intelligence - or even Delta through Alpha AIs - the same way humans outclass the average tree frog.
* ''Godlike AIs'' are so completely beyond anything humans are capable of understanding that, well, you might as well call them gods.
As far as anybody is capable of tellingThey could very well be lying out their I/O ports... but then, who would know? all the Omega-level AIs in Fenspace today are of the weakly superhuman variety. There are plenty of dark rumors about the goings-on in places like [[Prometheus Forge], [[Marsbase Sara], [[Metropolis] and [[Black Mesa], but those are just rumors. Hem hem.
===Bridging the Gap: Full-Cyborg Conversions===
Muddying the waters are a handful of "ghost conversion" entities, specifically [[Wave Convoy] and [[A.C. Peters]. While Wave Convoy doesn't object to being called an AI ''now'', he recognises his past as a human. Ms. Peters on the other hand describes herself as a cyborg in the most complete sense possible, equal parts biological and artifical, and generally tries to ignore the argument as much as possibleWhen forced to pay attention, A.C. calls herself "Schrodinger's AI."
Mr. Fnord interdimensional man of mystery
FenWiki - Your One-Stop Shop for Fenspace Information
"I. Drink. Your. NERDRAGE!"