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English word

explicitly

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UK /ɪkˈsplɪsɪtli/US /ɪkˈsplɪsɪtli/
adverb

clearly or directly, so that the meaning is easy to understand

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Why AI Is Incredibly Smart and Shockingly Stupid | Yejin Choi | TED
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Now, writing a better objective and equation that explicitly states: “Do not kill humans” will not work either because AI might go ahead and kill all the trees, thinking that's a perfectly

Why AI Is Incredibly Smart and Shockingly Stupid

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The things that are currently missing are enough intelligence for the robot to navigate the real world and do useful things without being explicitly instructed.

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