Benjamin:When I read your
post, claiming that generalization is important, I think to myself
"yeah, that is what everybody else is saying and attempting to solve --
I even gave you several examples of how generalization could work", so I
then find myself surprised that you claim that nobody is looking at it!
Quick response for now. There's a simple misreading here. No way am I saying
nobody is looking at the problem! I am saying nobody is offering a solution!
And none of the AGI systembuilders present or past have *acknowledged* that
they haven't offered a solution - otherwise they wouldn't have made such
large claims. And I am not aware of anyone even offering an equivalent of
the General Test I just offered. Yeah, it's an incredibly obvious test -
almost a redefinition (although just a little more, too) of "Artificial
GENERAL Intelligence." But you'd be amazed how often people ignore the
obvious. Look also at how strenuously Ben objected when I suggested that his
definition of intelligence as "achieving *complex* goals in complex
environments" should be replaced by one focussing on the *general* aspect
(for AGI), which is what he really seemed to mean in one passage, (although
in another text of his, the general aspect simply gets lost).
I do believe though - and I stand to be corrected - that nobody has fully
identified the central importance of this problem - i.e. I agree with Joseph
Gentle's:
"I think making a representation of the world which can be generalised and
abstracted is the emergent crux of AGI". Yes, it's still *emerging* AFAIK.
If you want to correct me here, though, you'll have to quote some
literature.
Yes, I'm developing & will set out a much larger argument here - later
today/tomorrow. When I do, I think you'll see why people are, however
subtly, avoiding the problem, .[BTW I will want to attach a photo file -
can one do that?]
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