Why It Is Hard To Incorporate Common Sense In Computers

Why It Is Hard To Incorporate Common Sense In Computers

Take a scenario where you plan to host your friends for brunch and decide to order bacon, sausages, and burgers. However, you remember that Cody had mentioned to you that Jessie doesn’t eat pork. So, you then decide to call Jessie to ask what he prefers, but his phone is off. Right at the moment, you opt to settle for a vegetable burger and salad for him. Common sense! Huh?

Well, we hardly think about how important common sense is until we get to see how hard AI experts have tried incorporating this ability in computer software with no success.

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