Thanks Ben Well put and deeply appreciated. However, I do not think one has to wait before including quantum wave functions into the architectural design for generalized AGI. The knowledge is involving so rapidly, and research into pinpointing the connection between partial collapse and the environment are advancing rapidly.
Granted, it would depend on the approach taken to developing a generalized version of AGI. However, the key to unlocking true quantum computing, including AGI as a quantum-enabled mind, probably resides in the nuclear processes inherent in the wave function, in all states and single state specifically. Understood, the need for reversibility being the control required to prevent the Halting problem from occurring in the environment. For example, I think Musk's AGI-related efforts in particular seem to favour this approach, to enable the transformational mechanism within a quantum computer and connect that directly to the human brain (as environment), thereby facilitating the quantum flux required for informational flow to become persistent and pervasive. As you beautifully stated in response to recent criticism about your decision to now adapt your approach to AGI development, as pure relevance, which you based on years of past learning. So should these emerging developments (even in relative infancy as new science) have relevance. Perhaps even offering the potential for making a quantum leap in development? Question: If you focussed on the core mechanism for enabling a generalized AGI, would that not make sense to now pursue that to the fullest extent? A core approach would still remain constructivist, enabling control hierarchies to be operational, but in a different sense though, rather constructing from the core outward, not via a classical approach of inverse reductionism, in the sense of a fractal approach, instead primarily relying on what emerges for the inherent nature of superpatterns. Viewing this similarly to the Euro-tunnel project, drilling from both directions. If the science-in-engineering proved correct, the tunnel would be encouraged to meet up exactly and integrate as a whole. Rob ________________________________ From: Ben Goertzel <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, 02 April 2021 07:17 To: AGI <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [agi] Toward a Useful General Theory of General Intelligence > > Your thoughts on quantum entanglement and AGI? > > Rob I suspect that quantum computing will enable even smarter AGIs than digital computing, but that digital computing can serve as the substrate for AGIs with greater than human GI ... I have argued recently that quantum probabilistic logic is a close approximation to (an isomorphically transformed version of) uncertain paraconsistent logic, https://arxiv.org/abs/2101.07498 -- this direction of thinking may ultimately help w/ the design of quantum reasoning engines. For quantum reinforcement learning of quantum neural nets and similar, I suspect evolutionary learning may be a good approach, with mutation and crossover operations that can occur w/in uncollapsed systems w/o causing collapse. I also think fully exploiting the power of QM for AI may require understanding weak measurement and "partially collapsed" quantum systems like one sees in quantum biology. There are a lot of exciting directions here but I currently doubt they are going to be necessary for the first breakthrough to human-level AGI. They may end up being breakthroughs made *by* the initial digitally-implemented human-level or moderately transhuman AGIs. -- Ben ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/T9a211170d976967d-Mdce64317d824baacb3cf660b Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
