thats going to be one of the biggest shocks to society going forward when it comes to the changes that AI bring. there are mountains of data everywhere that is completely overlooked simply because the cost of processing the data is too high. too high to discover patterns/correlation and too high to process in any case.
human beings filter out most of what goes on around them. they dont see the world as it is and their minds dont keep track of physical primitives. their minds abstract the world into larger conceptual parts and track those parts. its not just a question of processing power, its a question of intuitive access. and nobody realizes this yet because the only sentient beings who are around to demonstrate any of this have those filters in place. when the AI comes with all that horse power and with no filters, it will see things all around that we are blind to. it will seem as though it can make impossible predictions. it will seem god-like, even before it graduates to doing something other than simply observing the world.
human beings filter out most of what goes on around them. they dont see the world as it is and their minds dont keep track of physical primitives. their minds abstract the world into larger conceptual parts and track those parts. its not just a question of processing power, its a question of intuitive access. and nobody realizes this yet because the only sentient beings who are around to demonstrate any of this have those filters in place. when the AI comes with all that horse power and with no filters, it will see things all around that we are blind to. it will seem as though it can make impossible predictions. it will seem god-like, even before it graduates to doing something other than simply observing the world.