Melanie Mitchell Takes AI Research Back to Its Roots

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Melanie Mitchell Takes AI Research Back to Its Roots

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To build a general artificial intelligence, we may need to know more about our own minds, argues the computer scientist Melanie Mitchell. The post Melanie Mitchell Takes AI Research Back to Its Roots first appeared on Quanta Magazine

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