I'm not trying to convince anyone. I am just baffled that a large part of the tech/software and AI research community do not question their own assumptions, when those assumptions are being actively questioned in other fields (namely, philosophy and linguistics).
Reaching AGI or human-level intelligence might be possible, but not on the basis of dismissing what other fields already said something about. That is arrogant, and does not help. Even more, this has already happened in the 60s/70s. And I say 'might be possible' precisely because I pay attention to what other fields have to say.
Reaching AGI or human-level intelligence might be possible, but not on the basis of dismissing what other fields already said something about. That is arrogant, and does not help. Even more, this has already happened in the 60s/70s. And I say 'might be possible' precisely because I pay attention to what other fields have to say.