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Peter Norvig

Cited on this site for the 2023 Noema essay Artificial General Intelligenceartificial general intelligence (AGI) — An AI able to do well at almost any intellectual task, not only the ones it was built for. Whether it already exists, and how we would tell, is disputed. Is Already Here, written with Blaise Agüera y Arcas.

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American computer scientist (Description from Wikidata)

Their words on this site

“If a system can pass a well-constructed test, it automatically defeats the criticism.”
— Blaise Agüera y ArcasBlaise Agüera y Arcas — software engineerDescription from Wikidata & Peter NorvigPeter Norvig — American computer scientistDescription from Wikidata, Artificial General Intelligence Is Already Here, section “Alternative Theories”Read the passage

Used in: Generality is measured, not presupposed

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