AI's Progress Proves Moravec's Paradox to the Nth Degree
pmddomingos · x · 2026-08-03
Prominent AI researcher Pedro Domingos stated that the rapid advancements in artificial intelligence over the past five years have proven Moravec's paradox to the nth degree. The paradox suggests that high-level reasoning requires very little computation, but low-level sensorimotor skills require enormous computational resources, a reality highly evident in current AI trends.
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