Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal Ben Goertzel: AGI is 5 Years Away!
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Apr 4, 2023 
Ben Goertzel, a computer scientist and the mastermind behind SingularityNET, shares his insights on Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). He discusses the potential for AGI to emerge within five years and its transformative impact on society. Goertzel explores the complexities of human thought and creativity, the importance of hardware advancements, and innovative approaches to achieving AGI. He also tackles ethical considerations surrounding AI, emphasizing our responsibility as we approach superhuman intelligence.
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LLM's Generality vs. Intelligence
- Large Language Models (LLMs) achieve general abilities through broad training data, not true understanding.
- They excel at recombining existing information but lack fundamental creativity.
Narrow AI vs. AGI
- Narrow AI excels at tasks within its training data, like essay writing, which involves recombining known information.
- AGI, however, requires leaps beyond existing knowledge, like original scientific discoveries or inventing new musical genres.
Panpsychism and Consciousness
- Goertzel leans towards panpsychism, believing consciousness exists in everything, even microphones.
- He emphasizes the importance of structure and dynamics in shaping how consciousness is experienced.
