[tekknik]

> The actual difference is that when shown a picture and told "this is a cat", humans already know what to look for.

Yes exactly. You’ll look for 4 legs, a tail, pointy ears and graceful movement. All of that is data you’ve registered by your (primarily one) senses (sensors). You’re receiving more data, and processing it faster, than a program.

Humans are fundamentally pattern matchers, and we’re great at it. What you call concept I call pattern.

[proton_9]

Have you read Ray Kurzweil's how to create a mind? His definition of our mind is something similar along the lines. Pattern matching/ predictions are all that we do, according to him. I didn't think we'd come so far when I read it a few years ago. Agi seems like a real possibility now and I think I should consider developing some skills besides being able to write php.