A child-machine was born
Unlike fictional child robots, real-life AI was not conceived and raised to connect us with our human nature. But maybe that's a mistake?
With ChatGPT's 1 year birthday coming up, I have written another long read about the assumptions that were built into AI from the very beginning.
In "A child-machine was born" I introduce Turing's brilliant idea of building a computer program that simulates the child's mind.
As he writes:
"If this were then subjected to an appropriate course of education one would obtain the adult brain.”
Like any responsible parent, Turing put a lot of thought into the shaping of his child-machine's personality and education.
And like any grown up, fundamental characteristics of the way AI behaves today can be traced back to this early upbringing.
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