1.0Michael Rowehttps://www.mrowe.co.za/blogMichael Rowehttps://www.mrowe.co.za/blog/author/michael/Algorithms are not robots - Michael Rowerich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="qPSKIXmYOv"><a href="https://www.mrowe.co.za/blog/2018/08/algorithms-are-not-robots/">Algorithms are not robots</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.mrowe.co.za/blog/2018/08/algorithms-are-not-robots/embed/#?secret=qPSKIXmYOv" width="600" height="338" title="“Algorithms are not robots” — Michael Rowe" data-secret="qPSKIXmYOv" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script>
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We should stop using images of humanoid robots to represent an embodied form of artificial intelligence, especially when the AI being referenced is an algorithm, which in almost all cases in the mainstream media, it is. It’s confusing for readers because we’re nowhere near the kind of general intelligence that these pictures imply. For the […]http://www.mrowe.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/2-11.jpg