I feel like “still basically curve fitting” may be underselling emotion-wise how powerful “curve fitting” is.
Is there any computational task which couldn’t be done through something which could be called “curve fitting”?
“Curve fitting” just means “approximating a function”, yeah?
And what is a computational task other than computing a function, or some generalization of functions (e.g. could involve randomness or interactivity or the like as well)
Now, yes, current AI doesn’t yet have a model of the world including it being embedded in the world, and such that it chooses actions in order to further goals.
But, I don’t see why such a thing fundamentally couldn’t be accomplished using what one might call “curve fitting”.
If Strong AI could potentially be accomplished using “curve fitting”, I’m not sure that it makes sense to say things like “merely curve fitting”.
Is there any computational task which couldn’t be done through something which could be called “curve fitting”?
“Curve fitting” just means “approximating a function”, yeah? And what is a computational task other than computing a function, or some generalization of functions (e.g. could involve randomness or interactivity or the like as well)
Now, yes, current AI doesn’t yet have a model of the world including it being embedded in the world, and such that it chooses actions in order to further goals.
But, I don’t see why such a thing fundamentally couldn’t be accomplished using what one might call “curve fitting”.
If Strong AI could potentially be accomplished using “curve fitting”, I’m not sure that it makes sense to say things like “merely curve fitting”.
Though, you didn’t say “just” or “merely”.