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by psyc 1534 days ago
Yet humans realized we are biased and devised ways to mitigate that. It still sounds like you’re referring more to our basic goals than to our faculties. I agree that the word general is fuzzy, but to say we do not do general problem solving seems incorrect.

Aside, but a long time ago, Yudkowsky wrote that an AGI should be able to derive general relativity from a millisecond video of an apple falling. Later, he took to calling them optimization processes. Say what you will about the fellow, he has a way with words and ideas.