I think the post needlessly interprets EY as bounding the complexity of the brain to at most that of the genome. Of course the brain’s complexity reflects the learning environment—but, important as that is, in this context it doesn’t seem very relevant. It’s not that hard to “raise” an AI in an environment much like those humans are raised in. (Maybe that’s not a good way to create Friendly AI—or maybe it is—but I take it EY’s argument was about AI in general.)
I agree. More charitably, even, he could be counterarguing:
A lot of people think human intelligence must be immensely complicated, and therefore general AI is far from achievable. But look at what we now know about human brain architecture! perhaps it is simpler than you thought?
(not a quote and possibly not a faithful paraphrase)
I think the post needlessly interprets EY as bounding the complexity of the brain to at most that of the genome. Of course the brain’s complexity reflects the learning environment—but, important as that is, in this context it doesn’t seem very relevant. It’s not that hard to “raise” an AI in an environment much like those humans are raised in. (Maybe that’s not a good way to create Friendly AI—or maybe it is—but I take it EY’s argument was about AI in general.)
I agree. More charitably, even, he could be counterarguing:
(not a quote and possibly not a faithful paraphrase)