The last 12 months have seen unprecedented international public discourse around all things AI. As part of our year-end wrap-up, this week Synced looks at what 10 notable people had to say about artificial intelligence in 2018:
“AI is currently very, very stupid…”
– Google Vice President and Cloud AI Head Andrew Moore
Speaking at a November 14 Google Cloud event, Moore continued “…[AI] is really good at doing certain things which our brains can’t handle, but it’s not something we could press to do general-purpose reasoning involving things like analogies or creative thinking or jumping outside the box.”
“What’s really important is putting humanity at the center.”
– Stanford Artificial Intelligence Lab Director Fei-Fei Li
Speaking at a November 14 Google Cloud event, Moore continued “…[AI] is really good at doing certain things which our brains can’t handle, but it’s not something we could press to do general-purpose reasoning involving things like analogies or creative thinking or jumping outside the box.”
“Perhaps we should call this ‘Cargo Cult AI’ or ‘Potemkin AI’ or ‘Wizard-of-Oz AI’. In other words, it’s complete bullsh*t (pardon my French).”
– Facebook VP & Chief AI ScientistYann LeCun
LeCun tweeted in reference to Hanson Robotics’ android and ‘first-ever robot-citizen’ Sophia, adding “this is to AI as prestidigitation is to real magic.”
“Artificial intelligence should not look like humans”
– Baidu CEO Robin Li
Speaking at the Smart China Expo, Li said the goal of artificial intelligence is to create capable, smart machines; not androids.
“Stop.”
– HBO’s Westworld series Co-creator Jonathan Nolan
Nolan to scientists working toward artificial general intelligence. Westworld is a fictional amusement park where androids indulge human guests.
“Markets create intelligence.”
– Top AI Scientist and UC Berkeley Professor Michael I. Jordan
