On Sat, Sep 11, 2021 at 12:39 PM Matt Mahoney <[email protected]>
wrote:

> I don't understand why we are so hung up on the definition of
> understanding. I think this is like the old debate over whether machines
> could think. Can submarines swim?
>

It's just shorthand for the continued failure of machines at any number of
human tasks, Matt. Like last mile self-driving, or responding to language
more usefully than Alexa or Siri's brittle one liners.

When we figure out why, you can use any word you like for it.

I agree about the length of definitions though. If you can't pack something
useful down to one or two sentences, there is probably nothing there.

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