THE TIMES: The robots are coming . . . to the rescue

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Gavin Brown, the professor of machine learning at the University of Manchester, says the technology is “a long way” off from human intelligence.

“We are not at the stage where AI systems have broad skills that they can use to move from domain to domain.”

He says AI is often doing the parts of jobs that are boring or monotonous and not a good use of human time.

Period	2 Dec 2017

Title	The robots are coming . . . to the rescue
Media name/outlet	The Times
Media type	Web
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
Date	2/12/17
Description	Gavin Brown, the professor of machine learning at the University of Manchester, says the technology is “a long way” off from human intelligence. “We are not at the stage where AI systems have broad skills that they can use to move from domain to domain.” He says AI is often doing the parts of jobs that are boring or monotonous and not a good use of human time.
URL	https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-robots-are-coming-totherescue-7j2bk07bv
Persons	Gavin Brown