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Artificial intelligence (AI) is intelligence demonstrated by machines, unlike the natural intelligence displayed by humans and animals, which involves consciousness and emotionality. The distinction between the former and the latter categories is often revealed by the acronym chosen.

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“AI’s Ostensible Emergent Abilities Are a Mirage” paper won the Outstanding Paper Award at NeurIPS 2023 (nitter.net)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

The history of AI research doesn't go that way. It tends to be about pushing computers to do things they currently can't. Chess was once a major focus. Then an AI could beat a specific grandmaster in a six game match, and then any grandmaster, and then so good that no human stands a chance. Then it wasn't really AI anymore, but a piece of software you can run on a laptop.

Getting to a machine that thinks at a human level is an asperational goal. One where we create a bunch of useful tools along the way.