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. ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/T2ee04a3eb9a964b5-Md7fd01b2c1bef0243c72ddf6 Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
