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Current artificial intelligence already possesses independent intellectual curiosity, similar to that of a child.

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Experts, including Turing Award winner Robert Tarjan, state that current AI still lacks independent intellectual curiosity. Although language models show the ability to ask questions, they do not have the autonomous desire to explore and understand the world like a child.

Source: BBC

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