Something for the weekend - you may be shaken and stirred by the idea, but could martini glasses be the secret to coherent AI?
I am always looking for metaphors to explain what AI looks like to me when people ask, because I have been writing about it for going on 35 years, since the days when it looked like genetic algorithms and expert systems were the thing. These days I have been settling on traffic, just because we all understand it, having sat with the inconsistencies in it all. And universally, we are quite clear that “we” are not part of the problem. It’s the other drivers, the driving registry, the potholes, or the roads. Lately it’s those self-driving cars. But of course, it’s never us.
I am likely part of the problem, even though I 'know' I am a good driver. And it does not hurt that, in America at least, those blemishes on your driving record and with the insurance companies sort of reset after a time. I am a good...
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