Sunday 19 January 2020


      Elementary introductions to computers explain them as TOM, the Totally Obedient Moron - an inspired acronym that captures the essence of all computer programs to date: They have no idea what they are doing or why. So it won't help to give AIs more and more predetermined functionalities in the hope that these will eventually constitute Generality - the elusive G in AGI. We are aiming for the opposite, a DATA: a Disobedient Autonomous Thinking Application.

Possible Minds / John Brockman | David Deutsch: Beyond Reward and Punishment

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