One of the fathers of A.I. believes that artificial intelligence as we know it is innately limited and could not even measure up to a pet, such as a kitty cat.
“Yann LeCun helped give birth to today’s artificial-intelligence boom. But he thinks many experts are exaggerating its power and peril, and he wants people to know it.
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“LeCun thinks that today’s AI models, while useful, are far from rivaling the intelligence of our pets, let alone us. When I ask whether we should be afraid that AIs will soon grow so powerful that they pose a hazard to us, he quips: ‘You’re going to have to pardon my French, but that’s complete B.S.’
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“‘In the future, when people will talk to their AI system, to their smart glasses or whatever else, we need those AI systems to basically have human-level characteristics, and really have common sense, and really behave like a human assistant,’ he says.
“But creating an AI this capable could easily take decades, he says—and today’s dominant approach won’t get us there.”
But there is another way, and a way that your mad science endorsing author has repeatedly pointed out as the way forward: Why not combine both artificial intelligence and a pet (such as a cat)—in other words: A catgirl!
You could have your catnip and nom it too!
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