[alexeldeib]

Isn’t there an argument we’re simply better at brain statistics and modeling than current AI? Forget architectural limitations. What is the nature of the extrapolation? How do individuals balance their experiences and determine likely outcomes?

[fnordpiglet]

Maybe! But even so there’s facilities AI lack that are more capability based than model based. For instance we demonstrate agency, we can simulate things in our mind alone, such as arriving at Maxwells Equations, or general relativity, or any number of other profound insights that aren’t based on our training data but are an extrapolation through our mind into domains we’ve no experience with and arrive at profound insights never conceived of before. Statistical models generally aren’t able to do this - they’re reflections of their training set, even if very complex ones. The human mind can create its own training set and that’s a remarkable capability.