Thanks for the response! I was trying to allude to what you are describing with the bit (ha) I mentioned about higher order thinking but you obviously articulat

Thanks for the response! I was trying to allude to what you are describing with the bit (ha) I mentioned about higher order thinking but you obviously articulated it much more effectively. I guess I’m not sure it’s obvious where the right line to draw the boundary for “intentional human thought” is? Surely there is a lot of cognition and representation going on at extraordinary speeds that exist in some hazy border region between instinct/reflex/subconscious and conscious thought. Still, having said that, I do see what you are saying about trying to compare the complexity of the formal path to the solution, or at least what the human thinks their formal path was. I’m generally of the mind (also, ha) that we won’t really ever be able to quantify any of this in a meaningful way in the short term and if anything which qualifies as AGI does emerge, it might only be something which is an “I know it when I see it” kind of evaluation… Where are you getting 300W from? The body only dumps 100W of heat at rest and uses like 300-400W during moderate physical activity, so I’m a little confused about what you are describing there. The typical estimates I’ve seen are like 20W or so for the brain. Edit: I should also say that what you describe does seem like a great way to compare solutions between computational systems currently being developed and a good one to use to try to push development forward; it just seems quixotic to try to be able to use it comparatively with human cognition or to be able to meaningfully use it to define where AGI is, which might not be what you were advocating for at all, in which case, sorry for misinterpreting!