Psy-Kosh comments on BHTV: Jaron Lanier and Yudkowsky - Less Wrong
You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.
You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.
Comments (63)
Tim Tyler: As far as the "evolved brain" thing, I think the argument wasn't "did the brain evolve?", but _inside_ the brain, is the algorithm that the brain uses to think more or less "genetic algorithms" or something more sophisticated?
Eliezer seemed to be saying "no, the brain isn't simply running a large genetic algorithm, the processes of the brain are doing something else instead."