A Bayesian superintelligence? There is no natural example.
How would you tell if some “natural” phenomenon is or is not a Bayesian superintelligence, if it does not look like us or produces human-recognizable artifacts like cars, buildings, ships etc?
That’s a very good question, and I’m not sure how to answer it.
If we encounter some intelligence that can achieve feats like the aforementioned Relativity-from-grass, then it would confirm that a Bayesian superintelligence is possible. It could be an exceptionally intelligent generalist human, or perhaps a highly advanced alien AI.
Without technological artifacts, it would be very hard to identify such an intelligence.
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How would you tell if some “natural” phenomenon is or is not a Bayesian superintelligence, if it does not look like us or produces human-recognizable artifacts like cars, buildings, ships etc?
That’s a very good question, and I’m not sure how to answer it.
If we encounter some intelligence that can achieve feats like the aforementioned Relativity-from-grass, then it would confirm that a Bayesian superintelligence is possible. It could be an exceptionally intelligent generalist human, or perhaps a highly advanced alien AI.
Without technological artifacts, it would be very hard to identify such an intelligence.
Indeed. And I think it’s a crucial question to consider in terms of identifying anything intelligent (or even alive) that isn’t “like us”.