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• JamilD 5y ago
  Many of DeepMind's opinion style papers are like this. Another example of the "handwavy" DeepMind paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2102.03406.pdf https://arxiv.org/pdf/2102.03406.pdf It's also worth it to note as well that this isn't a homogenous organization, many DeepMind employees have different opinions on issues like this and an individual paper isn't representative of the entire organization.
  • scythmic_waves 5y ago
    > It's also worth it to note as well that this isn't a homogenous organization Please don't consider my critique of this paper as an indictment of DeepMind as a whole! > Many of DeepMind's opinion style papers are like this. That's good to know. I have not read many of their opinion papers, and I'll admit I didn't have the context of it being an "opinion" paper. That said, I don't agree with the opinion. The paper didn't really engage with the concept of AGI in a way that I found satisfying. The conclusion may very well be correct, but this paper wasn't enough to convince me. Slightly OT: My views were reinforced when I saw the paper was praised by Patricia Churchland. I don't find her take on consciousness a satisfying one, though I find the general direction of her work interesting. See here for another example: https://www.reddit.com/r/philosophy/comments/nvtgwr/grand_theories_of_consciousness_will_not_help_us/ https://www.reddit.com/r/philosophy/comments/nvtgwr/grand_th...