AGI is an engineering problem, not a model training problem
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Re: AGI is an engineering problem, not a model training problem
#2All those guys linking the bitter lesson aren't gonna like hearing this lol
Re: AGI is an engineering problem, not a model training problem
#3It seems like all of the links to more of their work (e.g. "research on deterministic vs. probabilistic systems") are currently broken.
Re: AGI is an engineering problem, not a model training problem
#4Way out of touch.
AGI is poorly defined and thus is a science "problem", and a very low priority one at that.
No amount of engineering or model training is going to get us AGI until someone defines what properties are required and then researches what can be done to achieve them within our existing theories of computation which all computers being manufactured today are built upon.
Re: AGI is an engineering problem, not a model training problem
#5I think that completely discounting the potential of new emergent capabilities at scale undermines this thesis significantly. We don't know until someone tries, and there is compelling evidence that there's still plenty of juice to squeeze out of both scale and engineering.
Re: AGI is an engineering problem, not a model training problem
#6It seems like all of the links to more of their work (e.g. "research on deterministic vs. probabilistic systems") are currently broken.
In each of the URLs, replace "blog" with "posts"
Re: AGI is an engineering problem, not a model training problem
#7This article seems to me like a lot of "if you solve all the hard problems, then you'll have a solution". Which is like... yes, and...?
Re: AGI is an engineering problem, not a model training problem
#8Way out of touch. AGI is poorly defined and thus is a science "problem", and a very low priority one at that. No amount of engineering or model training is going to get us AGI until someone defines what properties are required and then researches what can be done to achieve them within our existing theories of computation which all computers being manufactured today are built upon.
It strikes me that until we fully understand human consciousness, we don't stand a chance of reaching AGI.
Am I incorrect?
Re: AGI is an engineering problem, not a model training problem
#9No one has invented Asimov’s positronic brain or anything like it.
We don’t even know how.
Re: AGI is an engineering problem, not a model training problem
#10We don't know if AGI is even possible outside of a biological construct yet. This is key. Can we land on AGI without some clear indication of possibility (aka Chappie style)? Possibly, but the likelihood is low. Quite low. It's essentially groping in the dark.
A good contrast is quantum computing. We know that's possible, even feasible, and now are trying to overcome the engineering hurdles. And people still think that's vaporware.