Episode 58: Deutsch's "Creative Blocks": A Decade Later
The Theory of Anything
English - May 22, 2023 07:00 - 2 hours - 112 MBPhilosophy Society & Culture Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Back in 2012, David Deutsch wrote an article called "Creative Blocks: How Close are we to Creating Artificial Intelligence?" This article inspired Bruce to go back to school and study Artificial Intelligence and get a Master's degree in the field.
A decade later, a lot has changed in the field of AI, and the field has never seemed so exciting. But are we really any closer to the goal of true universal intelligence?
We take a look back at the article and assess it from the vantage point of what we know now, a decade later. How much did Deutsch get right and how much is on less solid ground?
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