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Opinion
Stanley: Direct pursuit of human-level AI is a naive objective
“Like, at some level, there's, like, this really grandiose conception of, like, some human-like computer, and, like, that is, I think, a naive objective right now. Like, you just don't want to know how to do that. We don't know what the stepping stones are that…”
Ken Stanley Oct 4, 2022 ▶ 39:29 Kenneth Stanley: Set The Right Objectives
Opinion
Stanley: Scientific peer review and grant evaluation are flawed by objective thinking
“I think peer review in scientific publication and also in like the assessment of proposals for getting grants, Is, is flawed also because of objective thinking, but it is a place where I think we can if we structure it right, which would be somewhat different …”
Ken Stanley Oct 4, 2022 ▶ 19:41 Kenneth Stanley: Set The Right Objectives
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