> I would posit that reasoning is the ability to construct new, previously-unexpressed information from prior information. We should test it on a small scale,

> I would posit that reasoning is the ability to construct new, previously-unexpressed information from prior information. We should test it on a small scale, with synthetic examples. Not "invent Quantum Mechanics please". And yes, people already tested it on reasonable-sized examples, and it does work, indeed. E.g. ability to do programming indicates that. Unless you believe that all programming is just rehash of what was before, it is sufficient. Examples in the "Sparks of AGI" paper demonstrate ability to construct new, previously-unexpressed information from prior information. "It's not intelligent unless it is as smart as our top minds" is not useful. When it reaches that level you with your questions will be completely irrelevant. So you gotta come up with "as intelligent as a typical human", not "as intelligent as Einstein" criterion.