Zengineering: A Philosophy of Science, Technology, Art & Engineering
029 - On Artificial Intelligence - Part 2 - What is Modern AI?
07 Mar 2017
We're back, with our second conversation on Artificial Intelligence. Last time we mostly talked about the past, while we tried to dissect what AI actually is. We mused on older technologies we dubbed Artificial Memory, like books, calculators, and hard drives. In this episode we discuss how video games (during humanity's never-ending quest to recreate reality) got us to the computational capacity for natural language processing, machine learning, and neural networks. Where is this technology now, and where are they in your life? Do you like that the machines are starting to make decisions for you? Do you even know they are there? This is the second of at least three episodes in our quest to figure out the five Ws of AI. Enjoy! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/zengineering-podcast/support
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