Backward Thinking
Artificial intelligence belongs in the history of human intelligence
Dick (2019) “Artificial Intelligence”
in Harvard Data Science Review
Julia and John are talking about the following article:
Artificial Intelligence
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John
Hi Julia! I wanted to ask you about something … 😊
Julia
Hello John! Ask away, I hope I can help 😉
John
Your input on the historical side was really useful for our articles
Julia
Oh, I’m happy to hear that! Thanks! 😊
John
And the articles did get a lot of good reactions, so …
John
We were wondering if you would be willing to collaborate on a new one …?
Julia
Yes! Absolutely! What would it be about exactly?
John
Well, we noticed a lot of people have trouble understanding AI
John
What it is, what it can and cannot do, how it ties in to algorithms, and robots
Julia
Wouldn’t you rather need someone like Sam for that?
John
Maybe, but we wanted to see if we can clear up some things by looking at the history of AI
Julia
Aha, yeah that is a little bit more up my alley indeed 😅
John
That’s what we thought! So, are you in? 😄
Julia
Yes, definitely. I still have quite a bit of material left over that didn’t really fit in the previous articles.
John
Julia
Julia
John
Ideas like that would indeed fit well, I think.
Julia
Do you already have an outline for what it should cover exactly?
John
Yep, sending it to you now! Let me know what you think. 😉
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