Mike Tintner wrote > Near the end introduces a v. important > idea - "the collective brain". In other words, our apparently individual > intelligence is actually a collective intelligence.
That individuals are embedded into social networks of specialization and exchange, care etc. is already known both in sociology and economics, probably in philosophy and social psychology, too. > and productive efforts of vast numbers of people. Already known to economists. > The fantasy of a superAGI machine that can grow individually without a > vast society supporting it, is another one of the wild fantasies of > AGI-ers and Singularitarians that violate truly basic laws of nature. AGIers and Singularitarians say so? > Individual brains cannot flourish individually in the real world, only > societies of brains (and bodies) can. What kind of brains? What kind of societies? And why? ------------------------------------------- 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=8660244-6e7fb59c Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
