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by jqpabc123 559 days ago
Personally, I don't think the question is terribly relevant because I see no reason to believe AGI is possible with a binary logic playback device (aka a computer as we know it) and certainly not using relatively simple, statistical algorithms and lots of storage.

Expecting AGI to just spring forth from a box of inert electrical silicon-based switches is like expecting a hammer to start driving nails on it's own.

It's a modern form of alchemy --- expecting a fantastical result from trial and error with only limited understanding of the processes required.

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E.g. do you have an argument better than Penrose's "I can only do math because I'm a thetan?"
Do you have an argument better than "Miracles do happen"?
Define a miracle.

That's the problem with intelligence. One day chess was considered a form of intelligence, that got solved by alpha-beta search and there was no longer a miracle.

Or is it that visual recognition models since YoLo are a miracle in the sense of practical image recognition?