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Re:Embodiment is indispensable for AGI by andrewflnr on Tuesday June 07, 2022 @09:00PM (#31661990)
The preceding discussion was specifically about "a CPU". Analog computers are specifically excluded.

If, despite that, you're trying to simulate an analog entity with an analog computer, or build any analog AGI, the question arises whether it's possible to build one any simpler or faster than existing biological computers, e.g. humans. If no, then why bother?

Re:Embodiment is indispensable for AGI by dinosaurdynasty on Tuesday June 07, 2022 @09:48PM (#31662310)
Considering evolution optimized for biological fitness and not intelligence, it would be incredibly surprising if it wasn't possible to do better, especially using a vastly different architecture.

You could also build an AGI to run on a digital CPU but interact with a simulation that used analog coprocessors (which is a thing these days https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVsUOuSjvcg).

You can also include quantum coprocessors (which already exist in their infancy) for various things (probably only useful for quantum simulations at this point though).

Also considering recent ML work, an AGI is more likely going to run on something similar to a GPU than a CPU.

Re:Embodiment is indispensable for AGI by Jensson on Tuesday June 07, 2022 @10:37PM (#31662581)
> Considering evolution optimized for biological fitness and not intelligence, it would be incredibly surprising if it wasn't possible to do better, especially using a vastly different architecture.

The way I see it is that humans are the stupidest you can be and still create a society. Like a nuclear reaction, you need average human to add a tiny bit of structure on average and it works, any less than that and society is impossible, any more than that and society forms extremely quickly, so fast that evolution has no time to work.