If general intelligence was like #3 (Ensemble Intelligence) how would the ability to learn new tasks arise? Who would learn?
I suppose new skills could be hard won after many subjective years of effort, and then transferred via language. Come to think of it, this does resemble how human civilization works. It took hundreds of years for humans to learn how to do math, or engineering, but these skills can be learned in less than 4 years (ie at college).
What distinguishes #2 from #3 is that in #3 you can’t learn (well) to do new tasks that are too far outside the domains covered by your existing modules.
It’s a spectrum, rather than binary. Humans are clearly at least somewhat #2-not-#3, and also I think clearly at least somewhat #3-not-#2. The more #2-not-#3 we are, the more we really qualify as general intelligences.
And yes, human learning can be pretty slow. (Slower than you give it credit for, maybe. To learn to do mathematical research or engineering good enough to make bridges etc. that are reasonably-priced, look OK, and reliably don’t fall down, takes a bunch of what you learn in elementary and high school, plus those 4 years in college, plus further postgraduate work.)
If general intelligence was like #3 (Ensemble Intelligence) how would the ability to learn new tasks arise? Who would learn?
I suppose new skills could be hard won after many subjective years of effort, and then transferred via language. Come to think of it, this does resemble how human civilization works. It took hundreds of years for humans to learn how to do math, or engineering, but these skills can be learned in less than 4 years (ie at college).
What distinguishes #2 from #3 is that in #3 you can’t learn (well) to do new tasks that are too far outside the domains covered by your existing modules.
It’s a spectrum, rather than binary. Humans are clearly at least somewhat #2-not-#3, and also I think clearly at least somewhat #3-not-#2. The more #2-not-#3 we are, the more we really qualify as general intelligences.
And yes, human learning can be pretty slow. (Slower than you give it credit for, maybe. To learn to do mathematical research or engineering good enough to make bridges etc. that are reasonably-priced, look OK, and reliably don’t fall down, takes a bunch of what you learn in elementary and high school, plus those 4 years in college, plus further postgraduate work.)