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a little from column A, a little from column B

I don't think this is AGI; nor is it something to scoff at. Its impressive, but its also not human-like intelligence. Perhaps human-like intelligence is not the goal, since that would imply we have even a remotely comprehensive understanding of the human mind. I doubt the mind operates as a single unit anyway, a human's first words are "Mama," not "I am a self-conscious freely self-determining being that recognizes my own reasoning ability and autonomy." And the latter would be easily programmable anyway. The goal here might, then, be infeasible: the concept of free will is a kind of technology in and of itself, it has already augmented human cognition. How will these technologies not augment the "mind" such that our own understanding of our consciousness is altered? And why should we try to determine ahead of time what will hold weight for us, why the "human" part of the intelligence will matter in the future? Technology should not be compared to the world it transforms.



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