Tim: I’m not offering a definition of “optimization process” or “intelligence”, I’m just pointing out that when you say “gravity is an optimization process”, or “stars are optimization processes”, you’re missing the whole point of the Kasparov post.
There’s a difference between the unpredictability of a ball rolling down a hill, and the unpredictability of Kasparov’s chess moves. This difference is not obvious.
Tim: I’m not offering a definition of “optimization process” or “intelligence”, I’m just pointing out that when you say “gravity is an optimization process”, or “stars are optimization processes”, you’re missing the whole point of the Kasparov post.
There’s a difference between the unpredictability of a ball rolling down a hill, and the unpredictability of Kasparov’s chess moves. This difference is not obvious.