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Steven Pinker on AI

2 quotes from Steven Pinker on the wall, 2008 to 2014, newest first. Each one is verbatim and links to where it was said. Sources include Edge.org, IEEE Spectrum.

1. 2014

2. Human-level AI is still the proverbial 15-to-25 years away

   2014·#hype#safety

   ContextWho else?

   Steven Pinker, Harvard psychologist, in his signed response in the Reality Club discussion of Jaron Lanier's talk The Myth of AI on Edge.org, late 2014.

   Edge.org · The Myth Of AI (Reality Club Discussion)

3. 2008

4. Sheer processing power is not a pixie dust

   1 June 2008·#hype#science

   ContextWho else?

   Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker answered IEEE Spectrum's survey of technologists on the Singularity for its special report, June 2008. Asked when the singularity will occur, he answered "Never, ever".

   IEEE Spectrum · Tech Luminaries Address Singularity

Mentioned in other quotes 1

Quotes by others that refer to Steven Pinker

1. A notion of success which is I think novel

   3 May 2011·Noam Chomsky·#science#philosophy

   ContextWho else?

   Linguist Noam Chomsky of MIT, answering Steven Pinker about statistical models of language on a panel at MIT's 150th anniversary symposium on brains, minds and machines, May 2011.

   MIT 150 / Language Log · Brains, Minds and Machines symposium, Pinker–Chomsky panel (transcript)

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