"Why should there be a general solution?" Why indeed. However, finding one was very much on the agenda for GOFAI, and remains on the agenda for various AGI eff

"Why should there be a general solution?" Why indeed. However, finding one was very much on the agenda for GOFAI, and remains on the agenda for various AGI efforts, e.g. by people like Pei Wang, Ben Goertzel, and Eliezer Yudkowsky (who comments here, as I've observed).