>then rate them by feasibility,
I mean, literal GPT is just going to have poor feasibility ratings for novel engineering concepts.
>Do any of those steps really require that you have a utility function or that you’re a goal-directed agent?
Yes, obviously. You have to make many scientific and engineering discoveries, which involves goal-directed investigation.
> Are our own thought processes making use of goal-directedness more than I realize?
Yes, you know which ideas make sense by generalizing from ideas more closely tied in with the actions you take directed towards living.
>then rate them by feasibility,
I mean, literal GPT is just going to have poor feasibility ratings for novel engineering concepts.
>Do any of those steps really require that you have a utility function or that you’re a goal-directed agent?
Yes, obviously. You have to make many scientific and engineering discoveries, which involves goal-directed investigation.
> Are our own thought processes making use of goal-directedness more than I realize?
Yes, you know which ideas make sense by generalizing from ideas more closely tied in with the actions you take directed towards living.