Is Deep Neural Networks Going to Help Artificial Intelligence?

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Mitch Kapoor says basically, artificial intelligence will never be quote intelligent until it goes through the life experiences that a human brain experiences and categorizes those. And so it is possible that what we're really doing when we look at that photograph is exactly what you said. It's a mechanical process, some neurons fire. I remember the last time I saw someone who looked something like this. We don't understand that process very well yet. We might get better at it.

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.