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AGI as a concept is almost certainly possible. However, it may not be that useful. That is to say, barring a true revolution in computational physics, it may no
by causality0 5y ago
AGI as a concept is almost certainly possible. However, it may not be that useful. That is to say, barring a true revolution in computational physics, it may not be possible to run human-equivalent AGI on a computer that's less than several orders of magnitude more massive than a human brain. Biology is unspeakably space-efficient. The brain of a dragonfly uses just sixteen neurons to take input from thousands of ommatidia, track prey in 3D space, and plot an intercept vector. Figure out a minimum artificial computer performance to do the same thing, then scale your requirement by the ratio of human brain to dragonfly brain. The numbers are not encouraging.
- AlphaCenturion 5y agoSorry, the dragonfly bit is just wildly inaccurate. You're either being intentionally misleading or regurgitating something you heard once and never bothered to confirm yourself. There are millions of neurons in a dragonfly's brain.
- belugacat 5y agohttps://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1210489109 https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1210489109 This is what they’re referencing
- causality0 5y agoYes, and it uses sixteen if them for the specific task I mentioned. Pay attention.