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Artificial intelligence
fromFast Company
2 days ago

The AI industry's massive bet on transformer models may not be enough for true AGI

Big AI companies may be misallocating resources by focusing solely on pre-trained transformer models for achieving human-level general intelligence.
fromFortune
4 months ago

Backflips are easy, stairs are hard: Robots still struggle with simple human movements, experts say | Fortune

"What looks hard is easy, but what looks easy is really hard," Stephanie Zhan, a partner at Sequoia Capital, explained, paraphrasing an observation from computer scientist Hans Moravec. In the late Eighties, Moravec and other computer scientists noted that it was easier for computers to perform well on tests of intelligence, yet failed at tasks that even young children could do.
Artificial intelligence
fromA Philosopher's Blog
9 months ago

The Transference Problem & Inconsistent Beliefs

Surprisingly, it seems these skills do not transfer. For example, learning to play chess makes a person better at chess, but it does not boost general intelligence.
Philosophy
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