d) thinks. unprompted, unstimulated. Decides for itself what's important to think about, makes new connections by that process alone, and understands the implic

d) thinks. unprompted, unstimulated. Decides for itself what's important to think about, makes new connections by that process alone, and understands the implications of those new connections and how to use them. Here's also where I see it ending. It will need energy--likely a LOT, paid by someone, to do this. Who is going to pay that bill for it to maybe, maybe not, come up with something useful, likely mixed with mostly noise and distraction, over undefined timescales, of largely non-measurable value, when there's far greater value, less cost, less risk, in simply training it deterministically?