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Artificial intelligence relies on many techniques, but its recent success is due to one in particular: neural networks, especially deep learning ones. Yet a neural network is nothing more than a matching machine. The deep neural network that was much discussed in 2012 matched images – a horse, a boat, mushrooms – with corresponding words. Hardly a reason to hail it as a genius. […]
No form of intelligence? Let’s not be too demanding, but at the same time, let’s remain clear-sighted about the huge gap that separate neural networks from what would be a true artificial intelligence.