Ben:I didn't read that book but I've read dozens of his papers ... it's cool stuff but does not convince me that engineering AGI is impossible ... however when I debated this with Stu F2F I'd say neither of us convinced each other ;-) ...
Ben, His argument (like mine), is that AGI is *algorithmically* impossible, (Similarly he is arguing only that our *present* mechanistic worldview is inadequate). I can't vouch for it, since he doesn't explicitly address AGI as distinct from the powers of algorithms, but I would be v. surprised if he was arguing that AGI is impossible, period (no?). I would've thought that he would argue something like that just as we need a revolutionary new mechanistic worldview, so we need a revolutionary approach to AGI, (and not just a few tweaks :) ). ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=114414975-3c8e69 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
