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Brain in a Vat

Will Machines Rule the World? | Barry Smith

Nov 3, 2024
01:00:45

Does Searle’s Chinese Room show that AI is not intelligent or creative? Does AI learn the way humans do? And could AI ever be capable of truly creative thought?


[00:00] Introduction to the Chinese Room Argument


[03:55] The Evolution of Human Language


[05:58] ChatGPT's Capabilities and Limitations


[12:09] Human Understanding vs. AI Responses


[15:33] The Complexity of Human Desires


[20:24] The Nature of Human and Machine Intelligence


[30:58] AI and Creativity: A Writer's Perspective


[33:08] The Limits of AI Creativity


[35:01] The Future of AI and AGI


[36:05] Thermodynamics and Human Creativity


[39:13] Live Experiment: AI Poetry


[42:40] AI's Impressive Achievements


[49:42] The Debate on AGI


[59:53] Final Thoughts

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