Hi all,
I've just joined the list so my comment
might be reploughing well tilled
soil.
A couple of the recents posts to the
list and an email conversation with
Ben has made me think that a key issue about AGI might be whether
the distiguishing feature of an AGI is its raw cleverness in specific
applications or its capacity to operate as a mind. I have a feeling that
what distiguishes a mind from raw intelligence is the ability of a mind to
anticipate (model the future) and to be self reflective (monitor & model
oneself). This suggests that an AGI would need the ability to model
aspects of the world and also to monitor/model aspects of itself so it
can reflect on it's own actions/intentions.
I don't think any intelligence can
model everything about itself or the
world - the task is too big and is also limited by the impossibility of
getting much of the needed data. But the ability to model parts/aspects
of the world and parts/aspects of itself is a huge step forward for a
mind.
Cheers, Philip
Philip Sutton
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