My 2¢—I read that book and I think it has minimal relevance to AGI capabilities & safety.
(I think the ascending reticular activating system is best thought of as mostly “real-time variation of various hyperparameters on a big scaled-up learning-and-inference algorithm”, not “wellspring of consciousness”.)
My 2¢—I read that book and I think it has minimal relevance to AGI capabilities & safety.
(I think the ascending reticular activating system is best thought of as mostly “real-time variation of various hyperparameters on a big scaled-up learning-and-inference algorithm”, not “wellspring of consciousness”.)