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Can we build AI without losing control over it? | Sam Harris
RE: Can we build AI without losing control over it? | Sam Harris
(November 4, 2016 at 7:31 pm)Alasdair Ham Wrote: Well, you may have a greater understanding of something like intelligence but if the definition of intelligence is about comprehension and you're talking about things that have nothing to do with comprehension then we're not actually talking about comprehension.

That's not a useful definition in the field of artificial intelligence.

Let me demonstrate this by asking a few questions.

What does it mean to comprehend?
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RE: Can we build AI without losing control over it? | Sam Harris - by I_am_not_mafia - November 5, 2016 at 5:50 am

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