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MrEmptySet t1_j1qvw6f wrote

I think our minds have extreme potential in the sense that human intelligence has done incredible things and profoundly changed the entire planet.

I also think our minds have extreme potential in the sense that they seem to be much, much more efficient than any modern computer at many tasks, to the point that it seems there must be something about the way brains function which we have yet to grasp well enough to be able to make an artificial analogue.

However, I definitely do not think that our minds have some untapped, out-there potential that we have yet to discover, such as psychic powers, extrasensory perception, etc. And I don't find the concept very interesting beyond fantasy stories. Human minds are amazing enough as-is that they don't need secret superpowers.

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MrWillM t1_j1tis2v wrote

We can generalize and have intuition about tasks or situations, computers can’t really do that very well but will probably be able to soon. They’re just way better than us at solving logic equations.

In other words, we still have to tell computers the questions we want them to solve and then they can solve those questions (and ones structured like them) faster and easier than us. Computers aren’t going to ‘think’ in subjective terms to come to conclusions based on past experiences or do things like come up with questions.

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