[hakuseki]

> Like any good mystery, the fun was in the build up and as we move towards a resolution there's a bitter sweet aspect to the slightly mundane reality of it 'merely' being an emergent property of large networks.

I would disagree with this description. An "emergent property of large networks" would be something that just appears when you wire together a large network.

To get intelligent behavior, it's not sufficient to wire together a large neural network. You also need to use an optimizer to train it on a large data set.

[llamataboot]

once upon a time the optimizer was die or reproduce...now it's a little faster and more convoluted...

[galaxyLogic]

I think "Dial F For Frankenstein" makes your point clear. It is absurd to think the telephone network would just emergently become conscious when there are enough phones it connects together.

https://www.historyofinformation.com/detail.php?id=2137

[MrScruff]

Yes of course, I'm being loose in my language, but you know what I'm getting at.