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Evolution isn't the only thing that is needed. Culture matters. Individual learning experiences matter. Take texture of an object that you see: as an adult y
by bcrl 2y ago
Evolution isn't the only thing that is needed. Culture matters. Individual learning experiences matter. Take texture of an object that you see: as an adult you can probably look at it and know how it will feel if you move your lips across the surface. How does that happen? As an infant, everything you see and touch gets brought up to your mouth. Your brain learns by integrating information across multiple senses, making predictions and correcting the model until the loop closes.
AI lacks this, and at the moment can only learn of this by learning from limited senses. The amount of data to reproduce the life experience of a baby growing into a child and then an adult is substantial. Without more data to replicate these experiences, AI will have deficiencies compared to the average human. Sure, it will exceed human capabilities in some areas by nature of having been trained on more information about certain topics. Will there be enough information to train AIs up to human level in the foreseeable future? I don't think that can be done in less time than it takes a child to grow up, but we'll see.