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> Driving is not a general problem, though.

But what's driving a car? A generalist human brain that has been trained for ~30 hours to drive a car.






Human brain's aren't generalist!

We have multiple parts of the brain that interact in vastly different ways! Your cerebellum won't be running the role of the pons.

Most parts of the brain cannot take over for others. Self-healing is the exception, not the rule. Yes, we have a degree of neuroplasticity, but there are many limits.

(Sidenote: Driver's license here is 240 hours.)


> We have multiple parts of the brain that interact in vastly different ways!

Yes, and thanks to that human brains are generalist


Only if that was a singular system, however, it is not. [0]

For example... The nerve cells in your gut may speak to the brain, and interact with it in complex ways we are only just beginning to understand, but they are separate systems that both have control over the nervous system, and other systems. [1]

General Intelligence, the psychological theory, and General Modelling, whilst sharing words, share little else.

[0] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119673

[1] https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aau9973


240 hours sounds excessive. Where is "here"?

> Human brain's aren't generalist!

What? Human intelligence is literally how AGI is defined. Brain’s physical configuration is irrelevant.


A human brain is not a general model. We have multiple overlapping systems. The physical configuration is extremely relevant to that.

AGI is defined in terms of "General Intelligence", a theory that general modelling is irrelevant to.




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