The End Of The World with Josh Clark

Artificial Intelligence

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Nov 16, 2018
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ANECDOTE

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.
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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.
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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."
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