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Can the artificial really be 'intelligent'? This researcher wants us to think bigger

Artificial intelligence is starting to underpin everything we do, whether we like it or not. And at the highest levels, companies like Google and Open AI are saying their AI is on the verge of crossing a humanlike threshold that we’ve only seen in science fiction.

This is prompting all kinds of conversations about sentience and the possible dangers of a superintelligent computer system.

But the definition of “Artificial General Intelligence,” or AGI, is controversial.

And many researchers aren’t even sure today’s programs have our common understanding of…

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