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Are We Thinking Correctly About AI Intelligence?
Artificial Intelligence, Cognition and Cognitive Psychology podcast with Melanie Mitchell, Janna Levin and Steven Strogatz
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Computer scientist and cognitive scientist Melanie Mitchell discusses why artificial intelligence does not think or reason like humans, how developmental and comparative psychology can improve machine-cognition experiments, and six principles for testing AI competence, robustness, and failure modes.
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