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Beauty Is in the A.I. of the Beholder: Artificial and Superintelligence

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To err is human. Yet it is a sign of how far computer science has come that to err is also artificially intelligent [1].

Either we need an exponential improvement in human behavior—less selfishness, less short-termism, more collaboration, more generosity—or we need an exponential improvement in technology. If you look at current geopolitics, I don’t think we’re going to be getting an exponential improvement in human behavior any time soon. That’s why we need a quantum leap in technology like AI (artificial intelligence).

—Demis Hassabis (Google DeepMind)

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