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0 pointsJeff_Brown3y ago0 comments

> whether intelligence can be achieved without any agency or intrinsic motivation is an important philosophical question.

Important yes, philosophical no -- it's an empirical question.

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The philosophical part is actually defining each of those terms so that there is an empirically-explorable question.

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0 pointsJeff_Brown3y ago0 comments

> whether intelligence can be achieved without any agency or intrinsic motivation is an important philosophical question.

Important yes, philosophical no -- it's an empirical question.

The philosophical part is actually defining each of those terms so that there is an empirically-explorable question.

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