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Letter: True AI can only succeed if we capture life's mystery

Published 13 April 2022

From Arun Kashyap, Washington DC, US

“Making a mind” asks whether psychology or neuroscience is best for making artificial intelligence that thinks like us (19 February, p 38). The quest, I believe, lies more in translating into AI the mystery of life’s purpose and how we interact with all living things – not “merely” copying the brain’s complexity.

Issue no. 3382 published 16 April 2022

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