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I agree totally. But I hope you get the drift here. To get to a GAI system, it has to be something like the test provided. You have to go into detail, but it's

I agree totally. But I hope you get the drift here. To get to a GAI system, it has to be something like the test provided. You have to go into detail, but it's not something that you'd have to hard code either. If I wanted the GAI to take in .docx files, or just first names, or to hop over to another directory and find things there, it should be able to do those things too. Basically, think of a task that you would give to a not-too-bright nephew that is in the firm for a summer internship. You'd need to give very clear instructions, but you should be able to coax him into getting some of the busy work done for you.

perl4ever 7y ago
Anybody who's worked in an office knows that people that ask for things don't give sufficient, consistent, or logical instructions, because otherwise they would be programmers. Also, they just don't know what they want, at least at first. In some places, things are regimented so requests are made formally and kicked back if they are inadequate. But ordinarily people who work in the same office engage in dialogue, and knowing what questions to ask is orders of magnitude harder than processing the surface meaning of the original instructions. Even for a bright person with a lifetime of experience, I don't think it's unreasonable to take a few months to grasp how a business works, and think of how much data that would represent for an AI.