Etymology

Moravec's paradox

Today it means: The observation that, contrary to traditional assumptions, reasoning (which is high-level in humans) requires very little computation, but sensorimotor skills (comparatively low-level in humans) require enormous computational resources. Full definition →

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The story

Articulated in the 1980s by Hans Moravec, among others.

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