Gary Smith: The AI Delusion

Mind Matters

Jun 13 2019 | 00:19:40

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Show Notes

Pablo Picasso said “Computers Are Useless. They Can Only Give You Answers.” Picasso didn’t go far enough. The answers that computers give must themselves be questioned. This is especially true of AI. Questioning AI is the topic today on Mind Matters. Show Notes 01:27 | Introduction to Gary Smith 02:40 | The AI Delusion 04:50 | Stocks and Data 07:00 | Presidential campaigns and data analytics 10:42 | Bill Clinton and neural networks 11:20 | IBM Watson and Jeopardy 13:20 | Winograd Challenge 14:55 | Bob Dylan and IBM Watson 17:10 | Understanding words Links & Resources

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