I’ve been invited to give a talk on AI Success Stories, so I’ve compiled a list of things that illustrate progress in AI research. By success, for the purpose of this talk, I mean something that is interesting and impressive to a wide audience, rather than something that is successful in terms of commercial or [...]
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“With admirable can-do spirit, technological optimism, and a belief in inevitability, psychologists, philosophers, programmers, and engineers are sure they shall succeed [in creating human-level artificial intelligence], just as people dreamed that heavier-than-air flight would one day be achieved. … After more than 50 years of pursuing human-level artificial intelligence, we have nothing but promises and [...]
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The history of science has been a series of blows to the ego of humanity. Copernicus showed us that our home, Earth, is not the centre of the universe; it’s just another planet. Darwin showed us that our species, Homo sapiens, is not special; it’s just another species of animal. But, although our planet is [...]
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