DOES AI PROGRESS HAVE A SPEED LIMIT?

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The external world puts a speed limit on AI development. Systems need to be tested in real-world conditions to encounter failures they can learn from. Edge cases can be learned, but that will often need to happen while doing real tasks. This creates a speed limit in two ways: you have to wait to collect that data and some people may be reluctant to try out the technology while the system works out its bugs.