Black Box episode one: The connectionists - podcast

This is the story of Geoffrey Hinton, a man who set out to understand the brain and ended up working with a group of researchers who invented a technology so powerful that even they don ’t truly understand how it works. This is about a collision between two mysterious intelligences – two black boxes – human and artificial. And it’s already having profound consequencesYou can listen to Black Boxhere.Thanks to Michael Wooldridge – his book is calledThe Road to Conscious Machines.Continue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 5, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Hosted by Michael Safi with Geoffrey Hinton, Michael Wooldridge and Melanie Mitchell. Produced by Alex Atack. Executive producer Joshua Kelly. Original music and sound design by Rudi Zygadlo. Music supervisor Max Sanderson. Additional support from Caitlin Tags: Artificial intelligence (AI) Consciousness Computing Human biology Neuroscience Psychology Source Type: news