Usually by accident, by one or a few people. This is a fine example.
ought to be more difficult than building an operating system
I personally suspect that the creation of the first artificial mind will be more akin to a mathematician’s “aha!” moment than to a vast pyramid-building campaign. This is simply my educated guess, however, and my sole justification for it is that a number of pyramid-style AGI projects of heroic proportions have been attempted and all failed miserably. I disagree with Lenat’s dictum that “intelligence is ten million rules.” I suspect that the legendary missing “key” to AGI is something which could ultimately fit on a t-shirt.
I personally suspect that the creation of the first artificial mind will be more akin to a mathematician’s “aha!” moment than to a vast pyramid-building campaign. [...] my sole justification [...] is that a number of pyramid-style AGI projects of heroic proportions have been attempted and failed miserably.
Usually by accident, by one or a few people. This is a fine example.
I personally suspect that the creation of the first artificial mind will be more akin to a mathematician’s “aha!” moment than to a vast pyramid-building campaign. This is simply my educated guess, however, and my sole justification for it is that a number of pyramid-style AGI projects of heroic proportions have been attempted and all failed miserably. I disagree with Lenat’s dictum that “intelligence is ten million rules.” I suspect that the legendary missing “key” to AGI is something which could ultimately fit on a t-shirt.
“Reversed Stupidity is Not Intelligence.” If AGI takes deep insight and a pyramid, then we would expect those projects to fail.
Fair enough. It may very well take both.