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Robots & Warfare (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

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The Importance of Human Intelligence in AI Development

We have increasingly found with automation that it's not about making the device smart like a person but rather to make it smart at a specific job. My robot vacuum cleaner needs to be smarter than my dishwasher but neither needs to be able to prepare my taxes. Very little brains are really needed to aim a rifle and better than any sniper alive. No personality or intelligence is really required for that gun bot. It only needs brains if you want to be smart about what not to target and get that from a conversation with its human operators.

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