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In speed yes, in terms of continuous parallel computing power at low energy levels, technology hasn't come even close. In terms of sensory input and processing, not even close.

I find it amusing that there is much hype about computer systems beating humans in very specialised areas, such as go and chess.

But the missing piece here is that the human is still doing this while continuously processing all the sensory input that is occurring to that human, dealing with so much more than what the computer system is dealing with. The computer system is dealing with one and only one subject matter at a speed many magnitudes faster and is only just getting ahead.



> one and only one subject matter at a speed many magnitudes faster and is only just getting ahead.

+1

Kasparov didn't simulate 200 million moves per second to make his move.




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