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Simplifying Complexity

Intelligence 2: Is artificial intelligence really intelligent?

May 1, 2023
25:04

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  • The podcast highlights the progression of artificial intelligence from early models to the current dominant paradigm of machine learning using deep neural networks.
  • The episode delves into the question of whether artificial intelligence is truly intelligent or just a mimic of human knowledge, raising concerns about their lack of true understanding and heavy reliance on pre-existing knowledge.

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The History of Artificial Intelligence and Alan Turing's Contributions

The podcast episode delves into the history of artificial intelligence, with a specific focus on the contributions of Alan Turing. Turing's work in the 1930s and 1940s laid the foundation for the hardware and software distinction and the concept of mimicking human intelligence through what he called the imitation game. The episode discusses the progression of artificial intelligence from early models to the current dominant paradigm of machine learning using deep neural networks.

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