For Matt: David Deutsch on AGI (Introduction)

by BBella , Monday, January 18, 2016, 22:10 (3014 days ago) @ David Turell

An in-depth discussion on whether AGI is possible:
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> https://aeon.co/essays/how-close-are-we-to-creating-artificial-intelligence?utm_source=... 
>So in one respect I can agree with the AGI-is-imminent camp: it is plausible that just a single idea stands between us and the breakthrough. But it will have to be one of the best ideas ever." -The quote above reminds me of a quote by Mortimer Adler: "The telephone book is full of facts, but it doesn't contain a single idea."-The space between information and intelligence is eternally wide but both are needed to create reality.