and, as usual, we re the only show that s covering this. yes, it s day 18 of the it happens up there we report down here. you re watching gazoomba gate, dan 2023, week three. greg: yep, it s week three. as you know, we ve been on top of this story like biden s nose on a girl scout s freshly shampooed scalp. it s the story of the shop class teacher who s wearing super jumbo never existed in reality prosthetic breasts to class. it s great. in the unlikely event of a water emergency landing, your shop teacher can be used as a flotation device. but the story isn t so much about the monstrous melons but the school s reaction. they re still attempting to normalize the situation that is anything but normal. here s a recap. according to the toronto sun, she, was once a he, began identifying as female last year and started wearing massive prosthetic breasts to class. but apparently only recently kids in the school started posting about her. the school is standing by her saying, of c
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intelligence and emotions, we re still very far off so i don t think you have to worry about robots becoming sentient beings anytime soon. greg: what about non-sentient thinking. dr. saad: meaning? [laughter] kat: i m really glad you asked. greg: think, what if professor what if you were limited in your thinking about thinking. what if thinking could be non-conscious, right? and that could be a robert not thinking but doing something and then, you know, and maybe the thing is just chopping. dr. saad: so very structured problems, ai solves well. there s something calling the touring test. the touring test is where, for example if i m interacting with someone i don t know if it s a psychiatrist or a computer. if it can fool me it passes the test. well for more nuanced interactions we re still far off on being able to mimic human
Last week BBC Four brought together a group of personalities that, 25 years ago, were part of the epic struggle between the reigning World Champion and a million-dollar computer built by IBM. The broadcast reunited the chess masters and AI pioneers who went into battle at the time, to test the limits of human and artificial intelligence. You can listen to the 42-minute discussion and read experts.