[kewp]

Isn't it possible that intelligence is P(words|every sequence of words you've ever heard)?

[Eliezer]

Then where would sensible words come from, for the first time, in hominid history?

[rthomas6]

P(sounds when object is present|random sounds other people made when object was present) ?

[joshuahedlund]

No, you’re conflating System 1 thinking and System 2 thinking.

[oliveshell]

Possible? Maybe. I believe we know enough now, however, to conclude that it’s astonishingly unlikely.