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What can the brain teach us about building artificial intelligence?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 November 2017

Dileep George
Dileep George*
Affiliation:
Vicarious, Union City, CA 94587. dileep@vicarious.com www.vicarious.com
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Abstract

Lake et al. offer a timely critique on the recent accomplishments in artificial intelligence from the vantage point of human intelligence and provide insightful suggestions about research directions for building more human-like intelligence. Because we agree with most of the points they raised, here we offer a few points that are complementary.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 40 , 2017 , e265
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2017 

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