good point, and pokes a rather big ol' hole in my comment :) I don't think we will recognize the AGI's existence until long after it has appeared, and I don't

good point, and pokes a rather big ol' hole in my comment :) I don't think we will recognize the AGI's existence until long after it has appeared, and I don't think it will be through the text output of chatGPT10 or whatever. I feel like we'll need to learn to infer AGI's existence because at first our own programming won't be the right way for the AGI to express itself or communicate with us. Kind of like those analogue computers or neural nets that rely on some random unforeseen external factor to work, like local magnetic field or air pressure. I do agree that there will be endless arguing over whether symptom x, y, or z definitively shows that there's a spark of understanding and self-awareness.