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🚨 Top tech figures, including Google DeepMind and OpenAI CEOs, issue a statement warning of the existential risk that AI poses to humanity. #AIrisk #technology 
🌐 The statement reads: "Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war." #AI #globalpriorities
🤖 The statement is seen as a "coming-out" for those in the industry concerned about AI risks, with many previously staying silent on the issue. #AIdebate
Gary Marcus (@GaryMarcus) frames his points using the same vocabulary as computation. As a consequence, it appears overly general, covers everything and thus says nothing. But let me attempt to use a different vocabulary.
@GaryMarcus Let me use the words naming, identity, equality and methods instead of his vocabulary of variable, instances, binding and operation. Any OOP programmer will instantly recognize the four and see why it is useful.
@GaryMarcus In the above slide, @GaryMarcus argues that human cognition must be capable of the four operations. Few will disagree with this assertion. Few will also disagree with the assertion that the brain is computational (if we use Marcus' vocabulary).
