Zhang Discusses Human-Level AI in Inverse Article

June 24, 2022

Inverse

Baobao Zhang

Political Science Department

Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Campbell Public Affairs Institute

Autonomous Systems

United States

Inverse

Baobao Zhang

The premise of "Archive," a 2020 Amazon Prime movie, teases one particular question: Can we create robots that are truly "equivalent" to human beings?

“There are many different definitions of human-level AI,” Baobao Zhang, assistant professor of political science and senior research associate in the Autonomous Systems Policy Institute. “I think it’s important to break down what AI surpassing humans means. We should distinguish between AI surpassing humans at specific tasks versus AI surpassing humans on all or nearly all tasks,” Zhang says.

Read more in the Inverse article, "The Darkest Sci-Fi Movie on Amazon Prime Reveals a Controversial Robotics Debate."