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> Artificial general intelligence won't be invented, it will emerge, just general intelligence did in the wild. I think so as well, but for a specific reason:
by tokipin 9y ago
> Artificial general intelligence won't be invented, it will emerge, just general intelligence did in the wild.
I think so as well, but for a specific reason: That people are not as "AGI" as we think, and that our general intelligence is the result of immense neuron-computing resources committed to satisfying a few simple drives. In other words, narrow AI with a lot of resources. Not to mention many specialized subcomponents.
And to the degree that consciousness is a selected trait, that means it has a purpose. I think the work on attention/focus in neural networks hints at that purpose.
- CuriouslyC 9y agoWhy do you think consciousness is a selected trait?
- tokipin 9y agoWell I don't know what consciousness is, so I couldn't answer that. But I think the opposite stance of consciousness being some kind of majestic oracle is silly. There is a reason why we perceive consciousness, even if it is just as a side effect of something else or a random fluke that is useless or an illusion for coordinating our limbs or whatever. These types of discussions do get pretty wonky. When I say consciousness is selected for, I mean more whatever practical apparatus (if any) it is emergent from, not the perception of consciousness itself.
- CuriouslyC 9y agoDo we perceive consciousness? Or is consciousness perception itself? It sounds to me like you're referring to cognition rather than consciousness.