[vineyardmike]

And it’s very impressive that whales can write papers.

A computer system that can perform these tasks that were unthinkably complex a few years ago is quite impressive. That is a big win, and it can be celebrated. They don’t need to be celebrated as a “gold medalist” if they didn’t perform according to the same criteria as a gold-medalist.

[jiggawatts]

The same argument works in the reverse: the computer was not given 18 years of calendar time to study. It doesn’t have the benefit of a meat brain with a billion years of evolution optimising it for efficient thought. Etc…

That the architecture of the machine mind is different to ours is the point.

If it was identical then nobody would be excited! That’s a high school student equipped with a biological brain.

That the computer used silicon, that it used parallel agents, that it used whatever it has in its programming is irrelevant except in the sense that these very differences make the achievement more amazing — not less.

[catigula]

Win for whom?