Hi Will, I think humans provide ample evidence that intelligence is not necessarily correlated with processing power. The genius engineer in my example solves a given problem with *much less* overall processing than the ordinary engineer, so in this case intelligence is correlated with some measure of "cognitive efficiency" (which I will leave undefined). Likewise, a grandmaster chess player looks at a given position and can calculate a better move in one second than you or me could come up with if we studied the board for an hour. Grandmasters often do publicity events where they play dozens of people simultaneously, spending just a few seconds on each board, and winning most of the games.
Of course, you were referring to intelligence "above a certain level", but if that level is high above human intelligence, there isn't much we can assume about that since it is by definition unknowable by humans. Terren --- On Tue, 10/14/08, William Pearson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The relationship between processing power and results is > not > necessarily linear or even positively correlated. And as > an increase > in intelligence above a certain level requires increased > processing > power (or perhaps not? anyone disagree?). > > When the cost of adding more computational power, outweighs > the amount > of money or energy that you acquire from adding the power, > there is > not much point adding the computational power. Apart from > if you are > in competition with other agents, that can out smart you. > Some of the > traditional views of RSI neglects this and thinks that > increased > intelligence is always a useful thing. It is not very > > There is a reason why lots of the planets biomass has > stayed as > bacteria. It does perfectly well like that. It survives. > > Too much processing power is a bad thing, it means less for > self-preservation and affecting the world. Balancing them > is a tricky > proposition indeed. > > Will Pearson > > > ------------------------------------------- > 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/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com ------------------------------------------- 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=117534816-b15a34 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
