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First Robot-Related Human Death
- Robert Williams, a Ford worker, was killed by a malfunctioning robot arm in 1979.
- The robot lacked sensors or alarms to detect humans, causing an instant fatal accident.
Limits of Early AI Programming
- Early AI attempts failed because programming explicit rules for ambiguous concepts is extremely difficult.
- Teaching AI every concept and interconnection manually proved overwhelmingly complex.
Neural Networks' Black Box Nature
- Neural networks mimic brain neuron layers to analyze inputs with increasing complexity.
- They learn patterns independently but remain opaque, making their internal decisions a "black box."