I’d say whether or not this is approach leads to AGI, its main value is how an extremely simple algorithm can produce amazing, unexpected results. That is, the hope and inspiration that comes from it is worth more than the algorithm itself.
I’ve always believed at bottom level there is a very simple thing going on that gives rise to learning and intelligence. The complexity comes from the large numbers of simple elements operating in parallel.
But the human race has been putting all its resources into the search for complex, intricate solutions.
I used to think Kurzweil was a fool for thinking that once computation is cheap enough (per watt) somehow magically we’d get intelligent machines. But it may just be he’ll turn out to be right. Because the breakthrough won’t come from the monolithic research teams with unlimited funds at their disposal, it will come from an anonymous hacker just playing around with algorithms on his home supercomputer.
I’d say whether or not this is approach leads to AGI, its main value is how an extremely simple algorithm can produce amazing, unexpected results. That is, the hope and inspiration that comes from it is worth more than the algorithm itself.
I’ve always believed at bottom level there is a very simple thing going on that gives rise to learning and intelligence. The complexity comes from the large numbers of simple elements operating in parallel.
But the human race has been putting all its resources into the search for complex, intricate solutions.
I used to think Kurzweil was a fool for thinking that once computation is cheap enough (per watt) somehow magically we’d get intelligent machines. But it may just be he’ll turn out to be right. Because the breakthrough won’t come from the monolithic research teams with unlimited funds at their disposal, it will come from an anonymous hacker just playing around with algorithms on his home supercomputer.