Once an AGI gets past kindergarten reading level, it will shoot beyond anything that any human being has ever done, and it will have a much bigger knowledge base than any human ever has.
PROFESSOR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
Stuart J. Russell is widely recognized as one of the world’s leading contributors in the field of artificial intelligence. He is a Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Center for Human-Compatible Artificial Intelligence at The University of California, Berkeley. Stuart is the co-author of the leading AI textbook, Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, which is in use at over 1,300 colleges and universities throughout the world.
MARTIN FORD: Given that you co-wrote the standard textbook on AI in use today, I thought it might be interesting if you could define some key AI terms. What is your definition of artificial intelligence? What does it encompass? What types of computer science problems would...