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> If the research is successful, such computer systems would be able to think for themselves At what point will journalists stop writing this. We may very well
by rhacker 8y ago
> If the research is successful, such computer systems would be able to think for themselves
At what point will journalists stop writing this. We may very well have general AI at some point in the future, but I really doubt it's going to be in our lifetimes.
- rhombocombus 8y agoIt makes me bristle every time I read it. Advanced statistical computing != thinking! People love to conflate number crunching with intuition and all of the other things that are impossible for computers to do, so I expect it to continue.
- pm90 8y agoDoesn't help that a lot of Tech companies actively promote that AI can deliver a lot more than it can (e.g. IBM, Tesla)
- shpx 8y agoThey've been writing like that for the last 60 years. https://www.nytimes.com/1958/07/13/archives/electronic-brain-teaches-itself.html https://www.nytimes.com/1958/07/13/archives/electronic-brain...