There's a quote from Jeffrey Jefferson that you give in the book, a neurologist. You say he wrote not until a machine can write a son or compose a concerto because of thoughts and emotions felt could we agree that machine equals brain. Pleasure is success as grief when its values fuse, be warmed by flattery, be made miserable by its mistakes,. Be charmed by sex, be angry or depressed when it cannot get what it wants.
Computer Scientist and author Melanie Mitchell of Portland State University and the Santa Fe Institute talks about her book Artificial Intelligence with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Mitchell explains where we are today in the world of artificial intelligence (AI) and where we might be going. Despite the hype and excitement surrounding AI, Mitchell argues that much of what is called "learning" and "intelligence" when done by machines is not analogous to human capabilities. The capabilities of machines are highly limited to explicit, narrow tasks with little transfer to similar but different challenges. Along the way, Mitchell explains some of the techniques used in AI and how progress has been made in many areas.