Superintelligence Cannot be Contained: Lessons from Computability Theory

Superintelligence cannot be contained: Lessons from Computability Theory

Manuel Alfonseca,1 Manuel Cebrian,2 Antonio Fernandez Anta,3 Lorenzo Coviello,4 Andres Abeliuk,5 and Iyad Rahwan6 Escuela Politécnica Superior, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain Data61 Unit, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia IMDEA Networks Institute, Madrid, Spain Google, USA Melbourne School of Engineering, University of Me...

Why a theory of human nature cannot be based on the distinction between universality and variability: Lessons from anthropology.

We welcome the critical appraisal of the database used by the behavioral sciences, but we suggest that the authors' differentiation between variable and universal features is ill conceived and that their categorization of non-WEIRD populations is misleading. We propose a different approach to comparative research, which takes population variability seriously and recognizes the methodological di...

Computability Theory

Computability Theory

formalisms of computability

Consciousness cannot be separated from function.

Numerous theories of consciousness hold that there are separate neural correlates of conscious experience and cognitive function, aligning with the assumption that there are 'hard' and 'easy' problems of consciousness. Here, we argue that any neurobiological theory based on an experience/function division cannot be empirically confirmed or falsified and is thus outside the scope of science. A '...