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There is a camp of people who believe that AGI is undefinable, mythical, scary…Zapier's Mike Knoop is not one of those people. François Chollet defines AGI as “the efficiency of acquiring new skills”. Together François and Mike co-founded the ARC Prize, a public competition offering more than $1M to take that definition and actually solve for it. Pat Grady and I spoke with Mike about the origins of the ARC Prize, the path to AGI, and more on the latest episode of Training Data from Sequoia Capital. Listen to the full ep on these platforms or wherever you listen to podcasts: YouTube: https://lnkd.in/gfvkp2hY Apple: https://seq.vc/tde3a Amazon: https://seq.vc/tde3az Spotify: https://seq.vc/tde3s
Zapier’s Mike Knoop launches ARC Prize to Jumpstart New Ideas for AGI | Training Data
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"Machines may be able to simulate human understanding, but they do not genuinely understand. The semantic content of thoughts and the qualitative experiences that characterize human consciousness are beyond mere computational processes." — Hilary Putnam, from his discussions on functionalism and the philosophy of mind Tldr: it is a non quantifiable problem. Ergo any definition will not solve it (hypothetically).
Sumit Thakur
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I didn't understand the people who believe AGI is mystical or scary , it's not the future , it's the present we are using right now in our life And as a developer I can see it a little more closely on the brilliant ways it can help to elevate life Personally, I am very exited for AGI
There is a spectrum of intelligence among human beings ( and animals ). Intelligence is also highly dependent on environment, education and the company one is able to keep. So AGI probably is inherently a subjective term. In a way, calculators from circa-1970 were already an AI for that era - it seems laughable now. The goal post for AGI will keep moving as AI become more and more capable.