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Steven Pinker: AI in the Age of Reason

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Is There a Difference Between Special Purpose a I and General a I?

Iliaasco: I think it is one of the greatest currently application, large scale applications of artificial intelligence in the world. It has potentially a very positive impact on society. But i don't think the distinction betweenspecial purpose a i and so called general i a i is relevant. In order to attain a goal, all engineering systems have to designed to trade off across multiple goals when we build cars in the first place. That's just what an intelligence system is by definition.

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