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Limits to computing: A computer scientist explains why even in the age of AI, some problems are just too difficult

  • Written by Jie Wang, Professor of Computer Science, UMass Lowell
Limits to computing: A computer scientist explains why even in the age of AI, some problems are just too difficultComputers are growing more powerful and more capable, but everything has limits.Yuichiro Chino/Moment via Getty Images

Empowered by artificial intelligence technologies, computers today can engage in convincing conversations with people, compose songs, paint paintings, play chess and go, and diagnose diseases, to name just a few examples of their...

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