Michael Wooldridge

Michael Wooldridge, a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Oxford and author of 'A Brief History of AI,' dives into the world of artificial intelligence. He explains that AI aims to create intelligent task performers, not life. Wooldridge contrasts symbolic AI with machine learning and discusses the setbacks of the AI winter in the 1970s. He outlines contemporary successes in narrow AI while expressing the ambitious goal of AGI. Finally, he examines the complexities of developing conscious machines and the significant challenges of endowing AI with social skills.