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How robots think (thread) From new report: Artificial Intelligence and International Affairs: Disruption Anticipated #CHAI

1. First, it’s important to understand the difference between an automated and an autonomous system.

2. An automated system is one in which a computer reasons by a clear if–then–else, rule-based structure, and does so deterministically, meaning that for each input the system output will always be the same (except if something fails).

3. An autonomous system is one that reasons probabilistically given a set of inputs, meaning that it makes guesses about best possible courses of action given sensor data input.

4. Unlike automated systems, when given the same input autonomous systems will not necessarily produce the exact same behaviour every time; rather, such systems will produce a range of behaviours.