Microsoft’s AI Chief Says Machine Consciousness Is an 'Illusion'
Mustafa Suleyman says that designing AI systems to exceed human intelligence—and to mimic behavior that suggests consciousness—would be “dangerous and misguided.”
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Mustafa Suleyman says that designing AI systems to exceed human intelligence—and to mimic behavior that suggests consciousness—would be “dangerous and misguided.”
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Then there’s Eric Chong, a 37-year-old who has a background in dentistry and previously cofounded a startup that simplifies medical billing for dentists. He was placed on the “machine” team. “I’m gonna be honest and say I’m extremely relieved to be on the machine team,” Chong says. At the hackathon, Chong was building software that…
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