Learning Circuits: Smart Machines, Dumb People?
Learning Circuits: Smart Machines, Dumb People?Moving forward, perhaps most knowledge (not just of facts but skills) will live in learning devices. With machines assuming more mental work, humans will store fewer facts—and learning requirements will change radically. If so, our old-fashioned 20th century perspective may consider people of the future dumb. But that's like saying that people who drive to the supermarket aren’t efficient walkers. Indeed, there will be those among us who look forward to challenging the notions of learning versus knowing.
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