What changes when machines start to sound like us.
Machines now write, translate and reason in ways that were science fiction a generation ago. This section asks what that changes about us.
Can intelligence exist without experience?
A system can produce intelligent answers without anyone knowing whether it feels anything. This question sits where machine intelligence meets subjective life.
See the upcoming essayOne topic, three angles.
What they do
Modern AI systems find patterns in large amounts of data. This lens looks at what they do well and where they fail.
What intelligence is
Intelligence has been defined as problem solving, learning and understanding. This lens asks which of these a machine could have.
What we owe
Building and using these systems raises questions of responsibility, fairness and dependence. This lens looks at who answers for them.
Where to read more.
Background reading on the topic. Not a recommendation by SoulToRole.
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