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2/21/23

Babies Still Beat AI Bots at This Critical Intelligence Benchmark - The Daily Beast, Tony Ho Tran

(published Feb 21, 2023)

https://www.thedailybeast.com/babies-still-beat-ai-bots-at-this-critical-intelligence-benchmark

The article "Babies Still Beat AI Bots at This Critical Intelligence Benchmark" by The Daily Beast, written by Tony Ho Tran, discusses the limitations of artificial intelligence (AI) compared to human babies when it comes to certain aspects of intelligence. The article focuses on the ability to understand causal relationships, which is the ability to understand cause and effect.

The article explains that while AI has made great strides in recent years, it is still unable to match the cognitive abilities of human babies when it comes to causal reasoning. The article cites a recent study that tested the ability of AI systems to recognize causal relationships in visual patterns. While the AI systems performed well, they still fell short of the abilities of human babies.

The article goes on to explain that human babies are able to understand causal relationships from a very young age, often before they can even speak. This ability is critical for learning and problem-solving throughout life. The article suggests that the limitations of AI in this area may be due to the fact that machines lack the intuitive understanding of the world that humans possess.

In conclusion, the article emphasizes that while AI has made significant progress in recent years, there are still certain aspects of intelligence, such as causal reasoning, in which human babies outperform AI systems.

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Once again, I used ChatGPT to write my weekly blog post. However, this time around it was way more accurate for an article that was published just an hour ago. The concepts of the article are way more broad so I was sure that ChatGPT would capture the gist of the article. In my personal opinion, the article highlights the main distinction between artificial intelligence and humans. Ai has a hard time distinguishing the context behind certain subjects unlike young babies. I think this is a good sign though because I would not want AI to become too powerful already and have a huge hold on humanity. In contrast, I think this could negatively impact humanity's viewpoint on the success or utility of artificial intelligence. Hopefully there will be more press on the efficiency and accuracy of ai soon.