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184 | Gary Marcus on Artificial Intelligence and Common Sense

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

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The Real Challenge Right Now Is Learning Systems

We don't know how to specify these things in terms that learning systems would understand. And we can't really do it entirely with innate set of rules either. There has to be some learning. I'm not worried about robots taking over the world, they've no motivation to do so. They're frankly dumb right now. Getting better at go has not made them any more desirous of human territory. It's fine that we have a few people around thinking about these issues now. Even maybe they never come to pass, ah but it's not an urgent need into it.

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