People with a dualist view whose fundamental belief makes the human mind a supernatural force will give illogical arguments like this.
Basically he is saying "we can't get AGI via deep learning because brain simulation is really hard."
Deep learning, brain simulation, and AGI are all related, but different concepts.
Take something like deep learning and combine that know-how with agent-based developmental AGI approaches that have been in progress for some time. We don't need any more computing power than we have. We need a few more years of solid research and engineering and then you will see surprisingly general and human-like capabilities.
Comments
People with a dualist view whose fundamental belief makes the human mind a supernatural force will give illogical arguments like this.
Basically he is saying "we can't get AGI via deep learning because brain simulation is really hard."
Deep learning, brain simulation, and AGI are all related, but different concepts.
Take something like deep learning and combine that know-how with agent-based developmental AGI approaches that have been in progress for some time. We don't need any more computing power than we have. We need a few more years of solid research and engineering and then you will see surprisingly general and human-like capabilities.
Take a look at the AGI-15 research.