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simen on May 2, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: IBM is not doing "cognitive computing" with Watson...

> Generally people think superhuman = better than the best humans.

Because that's what it means.

Also, I shudder to think of the prose coming out of a company that decides to "hire" an AI instead of a translator...

AndrewKemendo on May 2, 2018 [–]

Well not explicitly or in any measurable terms [1]. The term 'Superhuman' lacks technical depth in the sense of measurement. So for the purposes of measuring systems we build vs human capability, it's a pretty terrible measure.

[1] http://www.dictionary.com/browse/superhuman

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