This speaks to the gap between viewing AI as a useful tool versus thinking solely about AGI. Being able to utilize info people can't, do stuff faster, etc., is useful even if the system isn't truly intelligent.https://twitter.com/GaryMarcus/status/1090685023479427072 …
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Replying to @derrickharris
sure, we have had calculators and stats packages for years. but deepmind’s blog tries to style their work as a solution to a “”grand challenge” for AI research.”
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Replying to @GaryMarcus
Fair enough; there's definitely a big PR angle to some of these things. My main concern is that between Alexa and these AI grand challenges, people are overlooking an awful lot of utility.
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Replying to @derrickharris
I don’t even think Starcraft is a “grand challenge”; that too is just part of the PR game. But yes current AI is useful, even if it isn’t really anywhere near AGI. Who disagrees?
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Replying to @GaryMarcus
I think it’s more overlooked than disagreed upon, because the midde ground doesn’t make good headlines. So most people who aren’t AI researchers take what they read at surface value and ascribe either too-simple or too-magical powers.
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hmm maybe i ought to write a book about that. with ernie davis. out in october...
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