[bjornsing]

Good points. Came here to say pretty much the same.

Moravec's Paradox is certainly interesting and correct if you limit its scope (as you say). But it feels intuitively wrong to me to make any claims about the relative computational demands of sensi-motor control and abstract thinking before we’ve really solved either problem.

Looking e.g. at the recent progress in solving ARC-AGI my impression is that abstract thought could have incredible computational demands. IIRC they had to throw approximately $10k of compute at o3 before it reached human performance. Now compare how cognitively challenging ARC-AGI is to e.g. designing or reorganizing a Tesla gigafactory.

With that said I do agree that our culture tends to value simple office work over skillful practical work. Hopefully the progress in AI/ML will soon correct that wrong.

[RaftPeople]

Also agree and also came here to say the same.