Will machines ever be intelligent?

Microsoft Research Podcast by Researchers across the Microsoft research community

Mar 23, 20261:08:18Technology

Are machines truly intelligent? AI researchers Subutai Ahmad and Nicolò Fusi join Doug Burger to compare transformer-based AI with the human brain, exploring continual learning, efficiency, and whether today’s models are...

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