What If Intelligence Isn't Biological Accident, but Mathematical Necessity?
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The article proposes that intelligence may be a mathematical necessity rather than a biological accident, sparking discussion on the fundamental nature of intelligence and its potential convergence across different systems.
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>Here’s the mathematical setup: You have limited computational resources, uncertain future states, and multiple competing objectives.
Not only is that not a mathematical setup, this also applies to basically every physical system.
https://archive.ph/73i0t