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Re:Researchers propose a new interdisciplinary subfield call... by drb91 on Friday April 26, 2019 @07:27PM (#19762653)
Hey, at least I don't sell snake oil.
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Re:Researchers propose a new interdisciplinary subfield call... by aricblunk on Saturday April 27, 2019 @01:50AM (#19764019)
Are you sure you aren't conflating AGI with AI? If not, could you define AI?
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Re:Researchers propose a new interdisciplinary subfield call... by drb91 on Sunday April 28, 2019 @01:28AM (#19769520)
AI is “do you wish you had a slave”. I can’t think of any other definition that fits all the use cases. It’s also more obvious why it’s a snake oil term: slaves are people you can communicate meaningfully with in both directions.
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