An interesting point from a philosophical perspective!
But if we'd take this into consideration would it mean that 1st world engineer is by definition less inteligent than 3rd world one?
I think the (completely reasonable) knee jerk reaction is a definsive one, but I can imagine absolutarian regime escapee working side-by-side an engineer groomed in expensive, air conditioned lecture rooms. In this imaginary scenario escapee, even if slower and less efficient at the problem at hand would have to be more intelligent generally.
Yes, resource consumption is important. But your car guzzling a lot of gas doesn't mean he drives slower. It just means it drives slower per mol of petrol consumed.
It's good to know whether your system has a high or low 'bang for buck' metric, but that doesn't directly affect how much bang you get.
Also perhaps a factor (with diminishing returns) for response speed?
All else equal, a student who gets 100% on a problem set in 10 minutes is more intelligent than one with the same score after 120 minutes. Likewise an LLM that can respond in 2 seconds is more impressive than one which responds in 30 seconds.
> a student who gets 100% on a problem set in 10 minutes is more intelligent than one with the same score after 120 minutes
According to my mathematical model, the faster student would have higher effectiveness, not necessarily higher intelligence. Resource consumption and speed are practical technological concerns, but they're irrelevant in a theorical conceptualization of intelligence.
Maybe. If I could ask a AI to come up with a 50% efficient mass market solar panel, I don’t really care if it takes a few weeks or a year if it can solve that though. I’m not sure if inventiveness or novelness of solution could be a metric. I suppose that is superintelligence rather than AGI? And by then there would be no question of what it is
xlii|1 year ago
But if we'd take this into consideration would it mean that 1st world engineer is by definition less inteligent than 3rd world one?
I think the (completely reasonable) knee jerk reaction is a definsive one, but I can imagine absolutarian regime escapee working side-by-side an engineer groomed in expensive, air conditioned lecture rooms. In this imaginary scenario escapee, even if slower and less efficient at the problem at hand would have to be more intelligent generally.
eru|1 year ago
Yes, resource consumption is important. But your car guzzling a lot of gas doesn't mean he drives slower. It just means it drives slower per mol of petrol consumed.
It's good to know whether your system has a high or low 'bang for buck' metric, but that doesn't directly affect how much bang you get.
spacebanana7|1 year ago
All else equal, a student who gets 100% on a problem set in 10 minutes is more intelligent than one with the same score after 120 minutes. Likewise an LLM that can respond in 2 seconds is more impressive than one which responds in 30 seconds.
owenpalmer|1 year ago
According to my mathematical model, the faster student would have higher effectiveness, not necessarily higher intelligence. Resource consumption and speed are practical technological concerns, but they're irrelevant in a theorical conceptualization of intelligence.
coffeebeqn|1 year ago
Terr_|1 year ago
Imagine you take an extraordinarily smart person, and put them on a fast spaceship that causes time dilation.
Does that mean that they are stupider while in transit, and they regain their intelligence when it slows down?