It seemed really amazing that you could write a few lines of code and have it learn to do interesting things.
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AI has been making tremendous progress in machine translation, self-driving cars, etc. Basically, all the progress I see is in specialised intelligence. It might be hundreds or thousands of years or, if there is an unexpected breakthrough, decades.
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AI advancements are largely seen in specialized areas, with general intelligence remaining distant.
In this quote, Andrew Ng highlights the significant progress made in artificial intelligence, particularly in specialized fields like machine translation and self-driving cars. However, he emphasizes that true general intelligence, akin to human-like cognition, may still be far off, potentially taking centuries unless an unforeseen breakthrough occurs.
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AiArtificial IntelligenceTechnologyProgressSpecialized Intelligence
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During a tech conference to explain the current state of AI development.
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