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Type: Book excerpt / essay (embedded in house oversight committee investigation file)
File Size: 1.77 MB
Summary

This document is page 18 of a book or essay titled 'Are the Androids Dreaming Yet?', bearing a House Oversight Committee Bates stamp. The text, written in 2014, discusses the evolution of AI, comparing the human brain to computers, referencing Moore's Law, and predicting when artificial intelligence might match human processing power (projected here between 2053 and 2080). It mentions historical figures like Alexander Graham Bell and Alan Turing, as well as Intel founders Gordon Moore and Andy Grove.

People (5)

Name Role Context
Alexander Graham Bell Inventor
Mentioned historically regarding the invention of the telephone and analogies for the brain.
Alan Turing Mathematician/Computer Scientist
Referenced regarding his predictions on computer storage and intelligence.
Gordon Moore Co-founder of Intel
Mentioned in the context of Moore's Law.
Andy Grove Executive at Intel
Mentioned as founding Intel with Gordon Moore.
Author (Unnamed) Writer
Writes in the first person ('I can report', 'beat me at chess') about the state of technology in 2014.

Organizations (2)

Name Type Context
Intel
Founded by Gordon Moore and Andy Grove.
House Oversight Committee
Implied by the Bates stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015708'.

Timeline (4 events)

2014
The current year referenced by the author in the text.
2053
Predicted 'gate count parity point' where computer logic gates equal human neurons.
2080
Revised prediction for the parity point based on the complexity of neurons.
Mid-2000
Time when computers reached the level of storing around 10 billion units of information (Turing prediction threshold).

Relationships (1)

Gordon Moore Professional / Co-founders Andy Grove
Gordon Moore founded Intel with Andy Grove

Key Quotes (4)

"But today, in the year 2014, I can report that although my computer can beat me at chess, it still cannot fill out my expense report for me."
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"The worrying thing – especially for fans of the ‘computers taking over the world’ science fiction genre – is that computers are improving exponentially fast in line with Moore’s Law"
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"The next significant event in the computer versus human competition is the gate count parity point – the moment when the number of logic gates and the number of neurons become equal."
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"The extra four orders of magnitude push the gate parity point out to around 2080, too late for me to see, but certainly within the bounds of some readers of this book."
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