Matt: "This seems counter-intuitive, given that it's only text. The problem is not well understood. Why is it that a human brain sized neural network requiring a 10 petaflop computer can apparently only add numbers at a rate of about one digit per second?"
If you persist in thinking of language/conceptual thinking as processing "TEXT," you have a massive & farcical problem.
If you recognize it instead as "full bodied SIMULATION of complex courses of action in a fraction of the time", then it's not so hard to see why it requires an extraordinary amount of cerebral and corporal space and energy, is it?
e.g. GO TO THE KITCHEN can only be understood by full-bodied simulation. And a near instantaneous reply like I CAN'T GO THIS WAY - I'LL HAVE TO GO ROUND THE BACK is a wonder not of text processing, but of simulation. ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-c97d2393 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-2484a968 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
