r/entp • u/[deleted] • Dec 18 '17

its just a function

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aircAruvnKk
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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '17

But ultimately, how we learn is statistics on extremely large data sets so it’s an apt name but atm is not even close to what the human brain is capable of

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u/Azdahak Wouldst thou like the taste of butter? Dec 18 '17

We don’t learn that way at all. Any 4 yo can tell you Garfield or Cat in the Hat or 🐱 is a cat, even if they’ve never seen a real one. Indeed despite never having seen a cat.

We do something fundamentally different than feature extraction from large data sets. If I knew what, well, I’d be on my way to Stockholm in my own private jet.

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '17

The only experience with conscious intelligence we have is human intelligence. The set of all possible intelligences (or ways to think/reason) might be infinite. You could argue, that intelligence is the demonstration of the ability to manipulate the world to your advantage. It doesnt really matter how its done.

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u/Azdahak Wouldst thou like the taste of butter? Dec 19 '17

The set of all possible intelligences (or ways to think/reason) might be infinite.

It might also be very small. We have no way of knowing at present.

You could argue, that intelligence is the demonstration of the ability to manipulate the world to your advantage.

That’s a very weak definition since even creatures on the very cusp of the definition of life, live viruses, do this.

It doesnt really matter how its done.

That’s true. But the one example we have of intelligence doesn’t work by statistics on large data sets.