@paulg: "Do not bet against the airplane. The skeptics who say AI can't conjecture, can't theorize, and can't explain are descr…
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Paul Graham shares DeepMind researcher Christian Szegedy's essay arguing that skeptics claiming AI cannot conjecture, theorize, or explain are already outdated, comparing the momentum to the Wright brothers' airplane.
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“Do not bet against the airplane. The skeptics who say AI can’t conjecture, can’t theorize, and can’t explain are describing last spring’s models. Within months, they will be describing nobody. The evidence is already on the table, and those with eyes can see it.”
Christian Szegedy (@ChrSzegedy): Reading all those recent beautiful essays by Terry Tao, Kevin Buzzard and @wtgowers, I could not resist, but write up my deeply personal perspective on how I perceive and see things:
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