I've made no assumptions. That's the difference between me and you religious whack-jobs.

I can see why you post AC... How pathetic.

We've been at it for thousands of years. We don't even know what questions to ask.

Let me guess... I just need to have more FAITH, right? LOL! You religious nuts are all the same.

Sigh... I'm not making a semantic argument. That particular Dijkstra quote, therefore, is not relevant.

You're a bit out of your depth here. Maybe you should stick to silly science fiction.

Are they not doing music anymore for each release?

See? We knew you were completely full of shit.

Here's a clue for you: If you can't support your bullshit claims, don't make them in the first place.

He never made that claim:

He did claim that "the human brain is the most powerful computing mechanism physically possible", though I suspect that's a stronger claim than he intended to make. In any case, he does not say or imply anything that can be construed as the human brain being "optimized for intelligence".

You're giving him far, far, too much credit:

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Such as?

Don't bother replying. We already know you're full of shit.

Again, AGI is silly science fiction nonsense. It's no more dangerous than the monsters in your closet or any other imaginary threat.

Don't worry. Reality is more that enough to stop the fictional bad guys from developing their fictional computer programs.

It doesn't matter. AGI and ASI are silly science fiction nonsense. You might as well be worried about Godzilla attacks and moon monsters.

Sure. And the zombie hoards will keep the alien invaders at a bay while we fight off the demon invasion.

Don't confuse bad science fiction for reality. AGI does not exist. Current LLMs are very obviously not a step along the path to their development. Don't be absurd.

That could be trivially simulated on an Apple 2 with 4K of RAM.

There is no evidence that suggests that it is possible to recreate a human brain with transistors.

You've confused your science fiction fantasy for reality. Replace 'transistors' with 'clockwork' and you'll, hopefully, see how ridiculous you sound.

Absolutely. No question.

Baseless assumptions are why he and you are, without question, completely and unequivocally wrong.

We simply don't know enough about to problem to make any meaningful statements. We don't even know what questions to ask.