Certainly with that attitude it is. Joke aside I suspect the flaw in this hypothesis is probably in how AGI is defined and/or constrained:
> True AGI—a system capable of general intelligence without human input—cannot exist.
"without human input"... is an extreme constraint that is unfounded. Human intelligence cannot exist without human input. Children learn from others and it would be impossible to create an adult human mind without the input of thousands, if not millions of humans (via textbooks, and lately the Internet).
The easiest way to prove AGI is not possible is to prove that the human mind cannot be simulated in a Turing machine, i.e. there's a quantum factor.
baobun · 5h ago
The article claims to prove that "AGI is impossible". Yet the only part even hinting at a definition of what "AGI" means in this context is:
> True AGI—a system capable of general intelligence without human input—cannot exist.
They don't define "general intelligence" either. There is no generally agreed upon definition of "AGI" so anyone making claims to prove its feasibility or otherwise need to state their priors.
Currently nothing is being said here.
Also make sure to include a playful example with a blue toy tractor named Tosh in the next version.
I don't care why AGI is impossible when I go to the webpage and there is a line break after every 2nd or 3rd word.
EnPissant · 5h ago
Check the URL. The poster is trying to make it seem like Anthropic released this. In reality it’s just a nonsensical Claude snippet they coaxed with a prompt.
> True AGI—a system capable of general intelligence without human input—cannot exist.
"without human input"... is an extreme constraint that is unfounded. Human intelligence cannot exist without human input. Children learn from others and it would be impossible to create an adult human mind without the input of thousands, if not millions of humans (via textbooks, and lately the Internet).
The easiest way to prove AGI is not possible is to prove that the human mind cannot be simulated in a Turing machine, i.e. there's a quantum factor.
> True AGI—a system capable of general intelligence without human input—cannot exist.
They don't define "general intelligence" either. There is no generally agreed upon definition of "AGI" so anyone making claims to prove its feasibility or otherwise need to state their priors.
Currently nothing is being said here.
Also make sure to include a playful example with a blue toy tractor named Tosh in the next version.