Benjamin Goertzel wrote:
Distribution requirements mean that the AGI must master a number of different skills (math, writing, critical thinking, etc.). Also, some classes require intelligent conversation with the prof and other students, though there is not any requirement for flawless humanlike English communication: the AI should be able to pass even if it admits it's an AI. Let's call this the "University of Phoenix" test. Does anyone have an argument against this test for AGI? Clearly it is a sufficient but not necessary condition for human-level AGI, just like the Turing test.
I think it'd be hard to make incremental progress on the Phoenix Test before the AI has AGI-complete understanding of natural language and the environment. That is, like the Turing Test, it serves as a propositional test for completion but not an incremental test for progress.
Aside from that, it sounds fair enough to me, and unlike the Turing Test it might not require strongly superhuman intelligence.
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