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Re:Should economists be more concerned about AI? by gpawl on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @09:49PM (#13771005)
Weaving is clearly a mechanical task that required a mind to control the hardware. Problem-solving is not a mechanical task.
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Re:Should economists be more concerned about AI? by K0SM0S on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @11:59PM (#13771541)
> Problem-solving is not a mechanical task

Food for thought: how sure are we that this statement is true? What does it even mean, seen from a cybernetics perspective? How complex does a task need to be until it's not considered mechanical anymore? Isn't the brain, eventually, a very complex biological machine?

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Re:Should economists be more concerned about AI? by tomjen3 on Thursday March 02, 2017 @12:11AM (#13771590)
Weaving is mechanical yes.

It is also very difficult to do unless you are just making plain single color fabric.

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