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Sam Altman has declared that we are entering into “The Intelligence Age<\/a>,” when articifical intelligences will usher in a world of universal healthcare and first-class education for all, a clean environment, and unimaginable prosperity. In my new Substack post<\/a> at Science Goddess, I push back against AI hype by considering what we even mean by the term “intelligence”. Beginning with the question “Is Water Intelligent?” I conclude that AGI (artificial general intelligence) is a kind of infomatic delusion, based on narrow, computationally inflected ideas about what constitutes “smart” thinking.<\/p>\n

Substack Post:
\n<\/strong> AGI as Infomatic Delusion: A meditation on the meaning of ‘intelligence’<\/a><\/p>\n

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