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smarter an AI seems.’ Is your argument that AI
should be used only for very specific tasks with
clear boundaries, or that AI really only functions
well with not just human oversight but more as IA,
or human intelligence augmentation?
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PC MAGAZINE DIGITAL EDITION (^) I SUBSCRIBE (^) I DECEMBER 2019
Even if we
think a task is
narrow
enough for AI,
we need a
human to
check that the
AI really did
do it right.