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I'm sorry, I still don't get it. I agree that in principle there is no reason human level AI couldn't exist, but that doesn't mean that it can happen on planet

by tome 3y ago

I'm sorry, I still don't get it. I agree that in principle there is no reason human level AI couldn't exist, but that doesn't mean that it can happen on planet Earth. Some practical, essential step on the pathway may be impossible, just like in principle there's no reason that life couldn't arise on Pluto, or the proof or refutation of the Riemann hypothesis might be produced next time I generate a random string in Python, but practical, essential steps are impossible.

ethanbond 3y ago
Do you have something in mind? Both of your examples are referring to spontaneous results out of a random system, and that’s not what any engineering is. If it were, we would have ~0 modern technology at all. Sure it’s possible that there’s some barrier, but no one can point to what it is or even what it hypothetically could be, so why assume it’s there? Especially given, again, we know for a fact that a random process already achieved it.