Comment by deeviant
2 years ago
They probably don't debunk it because they can't-we likely are just pattern matches. To believe the thoughts in our head isn't just computational meat in our skulls that is running something that is equivalent to a algorithm ( specifically one that is above all a pattern matching process), is to set yourself up for great disappointment in the likely not-too-distance future. I would be surprised if AGI doesn't hit within 30 years, but even if it's 50, 100, it's coming whether people want it or not.
Sure, we have better software, but then again, we had the advantage of hundreds of millions if not billions of years of evolutionary meandering to get to where we are. AI has had, what, 60 years?
I always point out that people (strangely) forget that brain cells are literally the OG neural network.
But it is with that said that I find greater agreement with Chomsky's concerns.
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