“If You’d Like, I Can Put Together an Article About AI…”
An essay on what artificial intelligence is, and what it is not.
Every skeptic has an enthusiastic friend. I suppose it is a matter of balance. A week ago, my enthusiastic friend forwarded me an article claiming that a famous computer scientist had used one of the most popular “artificial intelligence” models to solve an open problem in mathematics. According to the article, the scientist stated the problem and the “intelligence” proposed a solution. Knowing who the scientist was, I immediately told my friend that the story had probably been told backwards. Most likely, the scientist had fed the “intelligence” a large collection of papers on the problem, guided the exploration, and ultimately had the machine bring that elusive detail to light. The next day, my enthusiastic friend sent me another article about the achievement. It provided more detail and explained that the discovery had indeed followed the process I had described.
Artificial-Intelligence · Technology
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