Russell Wallace wrote:
[...]

The more I think about it, the more I think this can't possibly work -
[...]

And there's way too much to know in that lot to be hardwired into the
DNA, so most of it's going to have to be learned afresh by each
[...]
Am I missing something?

Yes: The written word. External knowledge bases, and 'culture'.


So why have we not yet been overrun by AI robots?

Cheers,
Martin

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