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In reply to the discussion: This is why we are not about to be replaced by robots [View all]Albertoo
(2,016 posts)61. tsk, tsk, tsk, you keep moving the goalposts
I was just following the flow of our discussion
- I mentioned AI could perform at the highest level (chess, Go)
- you countered with a human speaking different languages
- I answered with Google-Translate
- you objected Google-Translate's inability to understand context
- I answered Watson
- you now mention the size of watson
- we're back to my point about DeepMind meets quantum computing
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It seems Google is having difficulty integrating its AI with its physical robots...
Humanist_Activist
Mar 2016
#34
I disagree. Google translate can simply convert words from one language to another
Kelvin Mace
Mar 2016
#53
practical robots that will start taking people's jobs??? It started happening ages ago.
Albertoo
Mar 2016
#64
There is a reason Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking are warning us about AI.
killbotfactory
Mar 2016
#11
But automation can only do certain tasks within very well defined parameters
Kelvin Mace
Mar 2016
#14
Automation is dramatically reducing the human labor required for many kinds of manufacturing.
cheapdate
Mar 2016
#9
Yes that is the crux of the problem, their ability to interpret important information
Rex
Mar 2016
#47
I'm inclined to agree with you and I work in an industry that seems to be trying to replace me!
A HERETIC I AM
Mar 2016
#21
You are being too literal. Humans have already been replaced "in vast quantities" by robots.
ieoeja
Mar 2016
#27
The list of jobs not requiring visual identification of different objects is not small
whatthehey
Mar 2016
#30
That's one area that human being excel in, but just because we excel at one doesn't mean...
Humanist_Activist
Mar 2016
#33
FFS, you sound like the people in 1905 who said man flying was a century away.....
Logical
Mar 2016
#58