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There are some Amazon reviews https://www.amazon.co.uk/What-Intelligence-Evolution-Computing-Antikythera/dp/0262049953 https://www.amazon.co.uk/What-Intelligenc

by tim333 1y ago

There are some Amazon reviews https://www.amazon.co.uk/What-Intelligence-Evolution-Computing-Antikythera/dp/0262049953 https://www.amazon.co.uk/What-Intelligence-Evolution-Computi... The main thesis seems to be "the brain evolved precisely to predict the future—the “predictive brain” hypothesis." Which I guess is ok although we can do other stuff - write stories, play the piano and so on. Also: >What Is Intelligence? argues—quite against the grain—that certain modern AI systems do indeed have a claim to intelligence, consciousness, and free will.

wslh 1y ago
> The main thesis seems to be that "the brain evolved precisely to predict the future" Even if we accept that premise, taking an evolutionary perspective means acknowledging that the brain could, in the future, evolve toward other dominant traits besides prediction. In that sense, the definition becomes elusive and time-dependent: what we call the brain's "purpose" today might only describe a temporary evolutionary state rather than a fixed function.