Chapter 1
The dream of thinking machines
Chapter 2
How close are we to general intelligence
Chapter 3
The future and safety of thinking systems
YOUR GOAL
Master of The search for general artificial intelligence
Ch 1 · The dream of thinking machines
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Fun Fact
Ancient Greek robots: The myth of Talos described a giant bronze automaton designed to protect Crete, showing humans dreamed of AI thousands of years ago.
Glossary
artificial general intelligence (noun)
A hypothetical type of AI that can learn and perform any intellectual task a human can. It's the real-life equivalent of your favorite sci-fi robot.
A hypothetical type of AI that can learn and perform any intellectual task a human can. It's the real-life equivalent of your favorite sci-fi robot.
Quiz
Which board game's defeat of world champion Garry Kasparov in 1997 marked a major milestone for narrow AI?
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In Greek mythology, what was Talos, one of the earliest conceptualizations of an artificial being?
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Which British mathematician proposed a famous test in 1950 to determine if a machine can think like a human?
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What is the name of the philosophical thought experiment about a room translating Chinese characters to test machine understanding?
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In which year was the term 'Artificial Intelligence' officially coined at a historic academic workshop?
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What was the name of the world's first chatbot, created in the 1960s to mimic a psychotherapist?