It's important to note the distinction between strong AI and weak AI.
Weak AI is the one we are all familiar with. A computer operates under set commands and attempts to do simple tasks, even basic learning to get the "correct answer". However, this is the problem with AI in general: we seek to make machines based in logic and math to be creative and learn, but their nature is too far removed from that world.
Strong AI is the one researchers are seeking. A machine with strong AI, or artificial general intelligence, can do any task a human can do. This would be great, except there is no evidence such a thing exists.
John Searle said, "The appropriately programmed computer with the right inputs and outputs would thereby have a mind in exactly the same sense human beings have minds."
I don't believe machines have that capability. They can't dream, create, imagine, or in any way stray from cold logical reality. Because of this, AI research has been stuck building a machine up in logical code into a more complicated imitation of behavior, despite the machine lacking any basis in creativity.
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