I think GPT-4 is an early AGI. I don’t think it makes sense to use a binary threshold, because various intelligences (from bacteria to ants to humans to superintelligences) have varying degrees of generality.
The goalpost shifting seems like the AI effect to me: “AI is anything that has not been done yet.”
I don’t think it’s obvious that GPT-4 isn’t conscious (even for non-panpsychists), nor is it obvious that its style of intelligence is that different from what happens in our brains.
It seems to me that consciousness is a different concept than intelligence, and one that isn’t well understood and communicated because it’s tough for us to differentiate them from inside our little meat-boxes!
We need better definitions of intelligence and consciousness; I’m sure someone is working on it, and so perhaps just finding those people and communicating their findings is an easy way to help?
I 100% agree that these things aren’t obvious—which is a great indicator that we should talk about them more!
I think GPT-4 is an early AGI. I don’t think it makes sense to use a binary threshold, because various intelligences (from bacteria to ants to humans to superintelligences) have varying degrees of generality.
The goalpost shifting seems like the AI effect to me: “AI is anything that has not been done yet.”
I don’t think it’s obvious that GPT-4 isn’t conscious (even for non-panpsychists), nor is it obvious that its style of intelligence is that different from what happens in our brains.
It seems to me that consciousness is a different concept than intelligence, and one that isn’t well understood and communicated because it’s tough for us to differentiate them from inside our little meat-boxes!
We need better definitions of intelligence and consciousness; I’m sure someone is working on it, and so perhaps just finding those people and communicating their findings is an easy way to help?
I 100% agree that these things aren’t obvious—which is a great indicator that we should talk about them more!