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This is classic AI goalposts-moving.

OK, they can play chess, but that's not real AI - can they write poems? OK, they can write poems, but that's not real AI - can they compose music? OK, they can compose music, but that's not real AI - can they translate languages? OK, they can translate text, but can they do maths? OK, they can do maths, but can they solve a Millenium Prize? <-- we are here

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"I once knocked a bunch of bananas off a tall man's head. His name is Ash and his leg is like teak. Is he a tree?"

"What? Don't be silly. For one thing, trees have moss."

"OK he's grown moss. He's a tree now right? Right??"

"I doubt it, for I see nothing but wishful thinking to suggest that simulating the appearance of tree characteristics is part of a path to becoming a tree. And that's not actually indistinguishable from moss anyway, is it?"

"Urgh, classic goalpost shifting!"


Imagine meeting a person who could do all of those things.

“I once met a person who could beat any grandmaster in chess, translate any language, and complete international math Olympiad problems. He couldn’t solve any Millenium problems though, so I’d say he was a midwit at best.”




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