> Think of a river - the water carves the banks, the banks channel the water. Which is the real river? Fantastic metaphor. I also can't help but draw a parall

> Think of a river - the water carves the banks, the banks channel the water. Which is the real river? Fantastic metaphor. I also can't help but draw a parallel (or even an overlap) with how the process works for humans. Once you put aside the intrinsic "model" (brain) differences (nature vs. nurture), humans develop their intelligence the same way: relentless exploration, and decision making to guide that exploration. We don't just funnel new info into a child's brain, they're allowed to explore threads around that, and take different paths which then guide how to process the next bit of info. If we're looking at building anything like human intelligence, the only advanced general intelligence we know and understand to a degree, exploration will be critical.