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Photo: Chinese Han characters, by Michael Coghlan, via Flickr (cropped).

Passing the Turing Test Is No Guarantee of True AI

A person who speaks no Chinese whatsoever inhabits a room full of file cabinets full of questions and answers — all written in Chinese. Read More ›
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Photo: Chinese Han characters, by Michael Coghlan, via Flickr (cropped).

Blind Ambition — Revisiting Searle’s Chinese Room

For the most part, computer scientists have tended to ignore Searle’s argument and the point of view that it represents. Read More ›
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How to Break ChatGPT

One problem it has consistently displayed, and which shows that it lacks understanding, is its difficulty dealing with self-reference.  Read More ›
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Artificial Intelligence: Unseating the Inevitability Narrative

World-class chess, Go, and Jeopardy-playing programs are impressive, but they prove nothing about whether computers can be made to achieve AGI. Read More ›
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Josh Swamidass on Artificial Intelligence at the University of Washington

I have to admit the event was kind of dull compared with the Behe debate. But Josh gave a nice presentation with AI/consciousness basics. Read More ›

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