Artificial Intelligence (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
Artificial Intelligence (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
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Text Highlight2026-07-20 16:11:02
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"he calls this brand bounded optimality."
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So he's basically saying the best program for a specific machine, not just any machine, right?
Text Highlight2026-07-20 13:08:02
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"Turing predicted that his test would be passed by 2000"
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Still waiting for that thinking machine, but at least Deep Blue could beat Kasparov.
Text Highlight2026-07-20 12:59:02
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"Turing predicted that his test would be passed by 2000"
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Turing was way too optimistic, we barely have chatbots that can hold a coherent convo.
Text Highlight2026-07-20 10:05:02
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"AI is the field devoted to building artifacts that are intelligent"
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Reminds me of my psych class—operationalizing stuff is always messy.
Text Highlight2026-07-20 09:56:02
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"AI is the field devoted to building artifacts that are intelligent"
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I mean, that definition feels a bit circular, doesn't it?
Text Highlight2026-07-20 09:47:02
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"AI is the field devoted to building artifacts that are intelligent"
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So they're basically saying AI is whatever passes the tests we give it, huh?
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