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That person's argument is borderline insane to me - a severe lack of knowing what is unknown, a reverence of current best-models (regards modern science, includ

That person's argument is borderline insane to me - a severe lack of knowing what is unknown, a reverence of current best-models (regards modern science, including neurology - yet, open minded investigations beyond are also a requisite here.) And the pompousness is what truly boggles my mind ("Its silly to believe this, now.) A look in the mirror would suffice to say the least... Anyway, thank you for a great answer and conversation throughout this thread. Regards neural networks, parroting and the emulation of intelligence (or the difference between an emulation and the "real thing"): Well, somewhat like you say, we cannot propose a valid comparison from one to the other without an understanding of one (consciousness) or both. It's fascinating that there are some open, valid and pressing questions about what / how the output of this new wave of software is concretized (from foundational, semi-statistical algorithms in this case.) Yes, I do agree neurons have something to do with the "final output". But this is a subsection of the problem - organic neurons is-an/are order(s) of magnitude in complexity beyond what the tricky "parrot" is up to. Moreso, these components perform very different functionally - the known functions of the neuron compared to ANN, backprop etc. The entire stack.) P.S: One interesting theory I like to simulate and/or entertain is that every organic cell in the body has something to do with the final output of consciousness.

didericis 3y ago
Thank you, appreciate the compliment. And yeah, are definitely a lot of open questions related to all of this. Love how its brought so many deep questions into focus.
gitfan86 3y ago
Your theory makes sense in an evolutionary context. It is possible that all cells and organisms have some general intelligence. Humans do not have the ability to recognize this because evolutionarily it was only helpful to recognize intelligence when it could pose a threat to us. And the biggest threat to us in general was other humans as we are tribal animals. So we don't see it, we only see specialized intelligence that historically posed a threat to us. It would explain why most "experts" didn't see GTP-4's abilities coming. Many of them expected that it would take a major algorithm or technology improvement to do "real intelligent" things, because they fundamentally misunderstood intelligence.
istjohn 3y ago
Please read the comment I was responding to. I was addressing the suggestion that perhaps the brain is as relevant to intelligence as the eye. Cognitive Neuroscience has been a thriving field for nearly half a century now. I didn't say we have it all figured out, just that it's obvious neurons are a piece of the puzzle.

didericis 3y ago

Thank you, appreciate the compliment. And yeah, are definitely a lot of open questions related to all of this. Love how its brought so many deep questions into focus.

gitfan86 3y ago

Your theory makes sense in an evolutionary context. It is possible that all cells and organisms have some general intelligence. Humans do not have the ability to recognize this because evolutionarily it was only helpful to recognize intelligence when it could pose a threat to us. And the biggest threat to us in general was other humans as we are tribal animals. So we don't see it, we only see specialized intelligence that historically posed a threat to us. It would explain why most "experts" didn't see GTP-4's abilities coming. Many of them expected that it would take a major algorithm or technology improvement to do "real intelligent" things, because they fundamentally misunderstood intelligence.

istjohn 3y ago

Please read the comment I was responding to. I was addressing the suggestion that perhaps the brain is as relevant to intelligence as the eye. Cognitive Neuroscience has been a thriving field for nearly half a century now. I didn't say we have it all figured out, just that it's obvious neurons are a piece of the puzzle.