Good point. As you’ve illustrated, some AIs, particularly GANs
[generative adversarial networks]—where AIs ‘compete’ with each
other—can produce highly creative work, especially in the magical lands
of fashion and design. But we don’t want weird in cybersecurity, right?
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Dr. Aleksandra Faust, from the Google Robotics/AI division, told us
about the difficulties of teaching robots to navigate environments. You
have a great example in the book about an AI ‘figuring out’ how to get a
‘body’ from point A to B.
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As you point out in the book, AI also has a memory issue.
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The Tesla tragedy of March 2018, when a driver died because his car
didn’t register a flatbed truck in front, has been covered a great deal.
And you make the point that full autonomy is probably never going to
happen, right? There are too many variables?
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