> the distinction between "human level" intelligence and "human like" intelligence
I 100% agree with this and think it is a important distinction. I'm glad you brought it up. One of my hobbies has been reading a lot of linguistics and about languages. There's the whole linguistic relativism topic at hand. When you learn just a little about linguistics you find that embodiment is embedded into our language, as the last sentence gave an example of (the use of "hand," which was likely unnoticed). There are lots of cultural references (especially with Americans) that make things more difficult too. Much of our language is dependent upon this multi-agent factor (I'd argue that language itself was born because we are social creatures). There's general language patterns that arise because of embodiment, environment, and culture. This affects the way we think. So I think this distinction between "human level" and "human like" is an important one. If AGI is not trained in a similar fashion to human growth and history it would have very different thinking styles, wants, and needs. But that wouldn't prevent it from being hyper-intelligent. I'll leave with an overly simplified saying
> If a lion could speak, I would not understand it.
I 100% agree with this and think it is a important distinction. I'm glad you brought it up. One of my hobbies has been reading a lot of linguistics and about languages. There's the whole linguistic relativism topic at hand. When you learn just a little about linguistics you find that embodiment is embedded into our language, as the last sentence gave an example of (the use of "hand," which was likely unnoticed). There are lots of cultural references (especially with Americans) that make things more difficult too. Much of our language is dependent upon this multi-agent factor (I'd argue that language itself was born because we are social creatures). There's general language patterns that arise because of embodiment, environment, and culture. This affects the way we think. So I think this distinction between "human level" and "human like" is an important one. If AGI is not trained in a similar fashion to human growth and history it would have very different thinking styles, wants, and needs. But that wouldn't prevent it from being hyper-intelligent. I'll leave with an overly simplified saying
> If a lion could speak, I would not understand it.