Intelligence as a blind optimization process shaping the future—esp. in comparison with evolution—and how the effect of our built-in anthropomorphism makes us see intelligence as existing, when in fact, ALL intelligence is blind. Some intelligence processes are just a little less blind than others.
(Somewhat offtopic, but related: some studies show that the number of “good” ideas produced by any process is linearly proportional to the TOTAL number of ideas produced by that process… which suggests that even human intelligence searches blindly, once we go past the scope of our existing knowledge and heuristics.)
Intelligence as a blind optimization process shaping the future—esp. in comparison with evolution—and how the effect of our built-in anthropomorphism makes us see intelligence as existing, when in fact, ALL intelligence is blind. Some intelligence processes are just a little less blind than others.
(Somewhat offtopic, but related: some studies show that the number of “good” ideas produced by any process is linearly proportional to the TOTAL number of ideas produced by that process… which suggests that even human intelligence searches blindly, once we go past the scope of our existing knowledge and heuristics.)