When Could the Correct Theory of Intelligence Have Been Formulated? AI Circle Debates
jd_pressman · x · 2026-11-14
jdpressman discusses the thought experiment "what's the earliest you could have formulated the correct theory of X?", noting that conceptual tools like reinforcement learning didn't exist until the mid-20th century. He cites Yudkowsky's Sequences argument that Einstein's breakthroughs could have come much earlier, but argues Yudkowsky got lucky.
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