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Richard Feynman: Can Machines Think?

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What it is

An excerpt of Richard Feynman's 1985 lecture Q&A about whether machines can think. He discusses the difficulty of defining what computers can never do and compares machine intelligence to machines that don't copy animals.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN uses it as an early authoritative take in debates about AI, reasoning, and AGI.

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What HN commenters said

  1. “decades earlier, Righard Feynman discussing AI like a boss.”

    Feynman discussed AI problems decades earlier, mentioning Lenat.

    EGreg, 2024-10 · Recommendation · in “When machines could see you”

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Topics: feynman, artificial intelligence, turing, reasoning, lecture

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