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Re:Garry Kasparov: Why the world should embrace AI [video] by adrianN on Friday June 16, 2017 @08:52AM (#14568409)
You might want to look up where the term "computer" comes from. Hint: It was a job description.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_computer

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Re:Garry Kasparov: Why the world should embrace AI [video] by lgas on Friday June 16, 2017 @01:44PM (#14571076)
Right... except in this context we're clearly talking about digital computers. Intentionally confusing the two does not contribute to the discussion.
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Re:Garry Kasparov: Why the world should embrace AI [video] by adrianN on Friday June 16, 2017 @02:18PM (#14571410)
No, in this context we're talking about things digital computers can do better than humans. Doing arithmetic was the first job where digital computers replaced humans, so my comment is quite relevant to the discussion.
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