Eliezer S. Yudkowsky <sentience@pobox.com> responded:
> My guess is that the incoherent babblings they've achieved are every
> bit as dumb as they appear, and not simple cases of something that
> could scale up to greater complexity.
I would agree. They're demonstrating a start, but I don't see
any real evidence of real intuitive like learning or progress beyond
this start. They Should also know in a year or two, long before they
supposedly get to "adult" levels in ten years. The difference between
an 18 month old and a 4 year old is fantastic. If they make it from
an 18 month old equivalent to a 4 year old equivalent, then I'll
believe that they really have something. But until then... about the
most newsworthy thing is the name "Hal".
Brent Allsop
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