Artificial General Intelligence is Pure Science Fiction

🌈 Abstract

The article discusses the author's perspective on the notion of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and the idea of artificial volition or autonomous beings with their own dreams and goals. The author argues against the possibility of AGI becoming a reality and challenges the belief that the physical brain can create awareness and consciousness.

🙋 Q&A

[01] Materialistic View of the Universe

1. What is the author's view on the materialistic explanation of the universe's creation?

• The author believes that it takes a "thoroughly died in the primordial soup scientist" to believe and proclaim that the creation of the universe was purely materialistic, without any involvement of a greater power or force beyond matter and energy.
• The author questions where the "incredibly small and ultra, ultra-dense universe core" that "banged so very bigly" came from, as logic dictates that it must have been created at some point, but science does not have a clear answer for this.

2. How does the author view the belief that the physical brain creates awareness?

• The author believes that it takes a "hook-line-and-sinker belief" to believe and proclaim that the physical brain creates awareness chemically and physically, which then leads to the belief that Artificial Intelligence will soon develop into Artificial General Intelligence (AGI).

[02] Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)

1. What is the author's view on the possibility of AGI becoming a reality?

• The author considers the idea of AGI being a "completely autonomous being with its own dreams and goals" as "pure science fiction" and "Stanley Kubrick's 2001 HAL on steroids."
• The author argues that the notion of artificial autonomous hardware/software beings with their own goals and volition is "not only sheer folly but absurd," as such artificial volition would have to be programmed by humans, i.e., based on human volition and directions.

2. How does the author explain the idea of artificial volition?

• The author believes that "artificial volition is simply human volition expressed through a complicated via," meaning that any apparent artificial volition would ultimately be rooted in human volition and input.

3. What is the author's conclusion regarding the possibility of AGI becoming a reality?

• The author is "convinced that the AGI Ilya Sutskever refers to, i.e., an autonomous self-volitional being, will never, as in not ever, ever, ever happen."
• The author considers the idea of an "artificial life form" to be a "contradiction in terms," as there can be no "life-less, spirit-less life form."