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Murray Shanahan

06/29/17

@ Y Combinator

In classical AI, the challenge is to represent the world with a set of sentences that focus on relevant information while ignoring trivial details, similar to how the brain operates.

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Ex Machina's Scientific Advisor - Murray Shanahan

@ Y Combinator

Ex Machina's Scientific Advisor - Murray Shanahan

06/29/17

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