'A Perfect and Beautiful Machine': What Darwin's Theory of Evolution Reveals About Artificial Intelligence
The Atlantic
Format:
Magazine Article
Publication Date:
2012/06/22/
Sources ID:
39306
Collection:
Theory of Mind
Visibility:
Public (group default)
Abstract:
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Some of the greatest, most revolutionary advances in science have been given their initial expression in attractively modest terms, with no fanfare.Charles Darwin managed to compress his entire theory into a single summary paragraph that a layperson can readily follow.
Francis Crick and James Watson closed their epoch-making paper on the structure of DNA with a single deliciously diffident sentence. ("It has not escaped our notice that the specific pairing we have postulated immediately suggests a possible copying mechanism for the genetic material.")