>... implying that algorithmic attempts at creating such dynamics in the field of artificial life (aLife) are doomed to fail. I guess they are so meta they won

>... implying that algorithmic attempts at creating such dynamics in the field of artificial life (aLife) are doomed to fail. I guess they are so meta they wondered if a dedicated AI could output an AGI agent, algorithmically. As far as their colloquial definition which speaks of jury-rigging is truly intelligent, I suspect that the road to AGI would require so much human input and reboots (have you tried turning it on and off again?) that it is not predictable by any physical theory. So it's non-physical in a strong definition of physics. On the other hand, since they argue against classical computing, it would necessarily rely on innovative developments in various hard sciences.