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Liviu CoconuEducation, Intelligence and the Turing TestTL;DR: can ChatGPT or a similar system pass the Turing test now or in a few years ? The answer is very likely yes. Does that mean we…Dec 19, 20221Dec 19, 20221
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Liviu CoconuThe Metaverse isn’t Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World” — 5 common myths.Few things are so hyped, heavily debated and misunderstood these days as “the Metaverse”, especially after Facebook, aka Meta, announced…Feb 5, 2022Feb 5, 2022
Liviu CoconuHarry Potter and the Chamber of Scientific AgnosticismOk, this is not really about Harry Potter. But it is about magic.Jan 4, 2021Jan 4, 2021
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