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Putting the ‘artificial’ in intelligence: the morality of the digital mind

12 June 2023

12:39 PM

12 June 2023

12:39 PM

Artificial intelligence is, well, artificial. And the use of ‘intelligence’ in this label is a misnomer. AI machines cannot think. They are just (increasingly) very, very, very fast calculating machines.

Which is why they can be so helpful to us humans. For example, AI can help people find their way around, with or without physical disabilities.

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