Potemkin AI — Real Life
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Many instances of “artificial intelligence” are artificial displays of its power and potential
Potemkin AI Many instances of “artificial intelligence” are artificial displays of its power and potential Jathan Sadowski August 06, 2018 share Image: By Ventral is Golden . Courtesy the artist. In 1770, the Hungarian inventor Wolfgang von Kempelen unveiled the Mechanical Turk, a chess-playing contraption that “consisted of a wooden cabinet behind which was seated a life-size figure of a man, made of carved wood, wearing an ermine-trimmed robe, loose trousers and a turban — the traditional costume of an Oriental sorcerer,” according to journalist Tom Standage. The chess-playing ro
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