For those that study the human brain, my understanding is that it kind of already is “just form fitting.” Ie, there are subsystems that just do basic stuff, and

For those that study the human brain, my understanding is that it kind of already is “just form fitting.” Ie, there are subsystems that just do basic stuff, and together each of these systems eventually add up to a prediction system (consciousness) that is in service to the rest of the brain, which in turn has a mutualistic relationship with the rest of the body. In this sense, “strong AI” already exists, with or without computers, as a global ecosystem driving towards…nothing in particular. Insomuch as computer systems augment the ability of humanity to continue to reproduce long-term in a mutualistic way, those computer system will themselves survive. You might say, “but why wouldn’t the computer find a more efficient path, foregoing humanity?” Well, humanity supports the infrastructure for computers, and computers support the humans supporting the infrastructure, then this is already local minima. Arriving at a different reality for “strong AI” will be the result of a random walk tending towards components that are capable of existing in the long term, aka “evolution.”