Re:DeepMind says reinforcement learning is ‘enough’ to reach...
by chriswarbo on Thursday June 10, 2021 @11:25AM
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> As for whether it's "real" AGI or just acts like it, doesn't really matter.
Absolutely. The term "AGI" came about specifically to avoid existing philosophical arguments about "strong AI", "real AI", "synthetic intelligence", etc. Those wanting to discuss "true intelligence", etc. should use those other terms, or define new ones, rather than misuse the term AGI.
AGI requires nothing more (or less!) than a widely-applicable optimisation algorithm. For example, it's easy to argue that a paperclip maximiser isn't "truly intelligent", but that won't stop it smelting your haemoglobin into more paperclips!
Absolutely. The term "AGI" came about specifically to avoid existing philosophical arguments about "strong AI", "real AI", "synthetic intelligence", etc. Those wanting to discuss "true intelligence", etc. should use those other terms, or define new ones, rather than misuse the term AGI.
AGI requires nothing more (or less!) than a widely-applicable optimisation algorithm. For example, it's easy to argue that a paperclip maximiser isn't "truly intelligent", but that won't stop it smelting your haemoglobin into more paperclips!