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Comment author: jacob_cannell 31 July 2015 06:55:46AM 3 points [-]

If the brain is efficient, and it is, then you shouldn't try to cargo-cult copy the brain, any more than we cargo-culted feathery wings to make airplanes.

The wright brothers copied wings for lift and wing warping for 3D control both from birds. Only the forward propulsion was different.

make an engine based on a clear theory of which natural forces govern the phenomenon in question -- here, thought.

We already have that - it's called a computer. AGI is much more specific and anthropocentric because it is relative to our specific society/culture/economy. It requires predicting and modelling human minds - and the structure of efficient software that can predict a human mind is itself a human mind.

Comment author: [deleted] 01 August 2015 02:42:11AM 0 points [-]

We already have that - it's called a computer.

What? No.

Comment author: jacob_cannell 01 August 2015 05:52:41AM *  0 points [-]

A computer is a bicycle for the mind. Logic is purified thought, computers are logic engines. General intelligence can be implemented by a computer, but it is much more anthrospecific.

Comment author: [deleted] 03 August 2015 03:41:20AM 3 points [-]

Logic is purified thought

With respect, no, it's just thought with all the interesting bits cut away to leave something so stripped-down it's completely deterministic.

computers are logic engines

Sorta-kinda. They're also arithmetic engines, floating-point engines, recording engines. They can be made into probability engines, which is the beginnings of how you implement intelligence on a computer.