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by 3pt14159 2188 days ago
I generally agree, but I think there is something else going on too. Conceptualization is highly flexible and comes in really early. Little kids ask "why?" a lot. Why do they? There must be some energy minimization reason for it. I don't think we're going to get AGI without it being able to ask some questions and get some answers that fundamentally update its understanding of the world.