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But flying machines are well defined, or at least it's easily possible to come up with a good definition. 'A machine capable of transporting a person from a to
by xanderlewis 11mo ago
But flying machines are well defined, or at least it's easily possible to come up with a good definition. 'A machine capable of transporting a person from a to b without touching the ground at any point in between', or whatever.
For AGI, that's very far from being true.
- tim333 11mo agoWell there are paper darts and weather balloons but most people were interested in a powered machine to transport people. Likewise with AGI but I'm guessing most people are thinking of something that can do what people do?
- nitwit005 11mo agoPeople did genuinely struggle to define "useful flying machine", which is why you see the description of the Wright Brother's flight come with so much detail: "first controlled, sustained flight of a powered airplane".
- xanderlewis 11mo ago> or at least it's easily possible to come up with a good definition.
- nitwit005 11mo agoThat's my point. It wasn't easy. There are still disputes over flight achievements because people don't agree what should count.