+1
I have a theory that humans have a "good idea" detector - a black box they feed ideas into and get back "excellent!" or not. I surmise that this operates largely on its own, hence the effect where you have a brilliant idea in the middle of the night, write it down and wake up in the morning to realise it's rubbish.
Though I also think you can tune your brilliant idea detector, which may count against this theory.
But anyway, this theory suggests that the way to use its output is not merely to have the idea and find it appealing, but to then think about what it would imply and not imply. This will make for better discussion posts, particularly with a tough audience like this.
So, Demented - what would your idea imply and what would it not imply?
Thank you - but that's the wrong question to ask first! The first question is "why on Earth would you think that? What brings this hypothesis to your attention?"
What do you think? There might be a theoritical limitation to how much data an AI could collect without influencing the data itself and making its prediction redundant. Would this negate the idea of a 'God' AIand cause it to make suboptimal choices even with near limitless processing power?