Episode 53: Universality and IQ - Part 1
The Theory of Anything
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The Importance of Genes in Creativity
Patel: If creativity is universal then why do animals have it in a constrained form. Deutsch dismisses any example of animal cognition as unthinking imitation or genetic knowledge, which accumulates slower and has miniscule reach compared to explanatory knowledge. He goes on to point out that if you could actually write an ML program that did this, you'd be rich. Patel: You can build programs that are not true AGIs, but which are still extremely powerful. This really is something where I think he's called out a legitimate problem that needs some explanation.
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