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Difficulty of Intelligence Improvement
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The exponential improvement of technology makes it difficult to gauge the potential for artificial intelligence. Though there is potential for machines to perform certain tasks, ways to improve intelligence itself may prove much harder to achieve.

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The exponential improvement of computers has led to a belief that achieving general intelligence is within reach, but this may not necessarily be the case, as cognition could require more than just faster processing power.
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Artificial Intelligence
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The exponential improvement of computers has led to a belief that achieving general intelligence is within reach, but this may not necessarily be the case, as cognition could require more than just faster processing power.

Chapter
Difficulty of Intelligence Improvement
Episode
#111 – Richard Karp: Algorithms and Computational Complexity
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Lex Fridman Podcast
Jack Edmonds and his colleague gave the first formal proof that the maximum flow problem in a network can be solved in polynomial time, providing a solution to determine the flow of information through a communication network.
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Network Communication
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Jack Edmonds and his colleague gave the first formal proof that the maximum flow problem in a network can be solved in polynomial time, providing a solution to determine the flow of information through a communication network.

Chapter
Difficulty of Intelligence Improvement
Episode
#111 – Richard Karp: Algorithms and Computational Complexity
Podcast
Lex Fridman Podcast