On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 7:22 PM, Aaron Hosford <[email protected]> wrote: > We are intelligent, and we do not start with many bits of knowledge.
The human brain-body system (we need both for AGI) has a complexity of about 5 x 10^9 bits, according to the best known compression algorithms applied to the human genome. It is equivalent to about 300 million lines of code. > We are > general purpose learners using the magic of intelligence to increase our own > intelligence, and we do it all the time. If you mean using computers to offload some of our thinking, and taking credit for it, then I agree. It doesn't really matter if Google makes people smarter or whether Google itself is smarter, as long as the total intelligence is increasing. But please note the distinction between acquiring knowledge by learning (evolution, observation, induction, communication, storage in books and computers), and manufacturing knowledge by modifying our code. We can only manufacture computing power, by reproducing and technology. In turn, this increases the rate at which we can learn. I assume that you agree with me that when MIRI raises the scenario of AI in a box that goes FOOM, we are really referring to the threat of self replicating agents such as computer viruses, robots, nanotechnology, or engineered organisms. The agents need not be individually intelligent, just collectively when you sum over their knowledge and computing power. Whatever these agents are, they are not general purpose reinforcement learners with fixed goals. Rather, they are agents designed by people to carry out specific functions. If they deviate from these functions, you can blame design errors and evolution. -- -- Matt Mahoney, [email protected] ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
