Do We Need a Speedometer for Artificial Intelligence?
Do We Need a Speedometer for Artificial Intelligence?
Business, Spoken · SpokenLayer
August 31, 20176m 45s
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Show Notes
Microsoft said last week that it had achieved a new record for the accuracy of software that transcribes speech. Its system missed just one in 20 words on a standard collection of phone call recordings—matching humans given the same challenge. The result is the latest in a string of recent findings that some view as proof that advances in artificial intelligence are accelerating, threatening to upend the economy.
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