Monnok t1_ja28d43 wrote
Reply to comment by InevitableAd5222 in Why the development of artificial general intelligence could be the most dangerous new arms race since nuclear weapons by jamesj
There is a pretty widely accepted and specific definition for general AI... but I don't like it. It's basically a list of simple things the human brain can do that computers didn't happen to be able to do yet in like 1987. I think it's a mostly unhelpful definition.
I think "General Artificial Intelligence" really does conjure some vaguely shared cultural understanding laced with a tinge of fear for most people... but that the official definition misses the heart of the matter.
Instead, I always used to want to define General AI as a program that:
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Exits primarily to author other programs, and
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Actively alters its own programming to become better at authoring other programs
I always thought this captured the heart of the runaway-train fear that we all sorta share... without a program having to necessarily already be a runaway-train to qualify.
ChuckFarkley t1_ja3zom1 wrote
By some definitions, your description of GAI also qualifies as being spiritual, esp. Maintaining and improving its own code.
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