Bernhard Schölkopf: Is AI intelligent? | Starmus highlights

This article summarizes Bernhard Schölkopf’s Starmus talk on the state of AI, tracing its history from early perceptrons to modern generative models while emphasizing current limitations, especially the reliance on IID data and lack of causal understanding. He explores whether pattern-recognizing systems can be considered intelligent and closes by reflecting on human intelligence itself, situating AI progress within broader scientific and philosophical contexts.