The key to real intelligence might be imagination

Just copied from an earlier version on LinkedIn, a short article describing the key role of imagination in intelligence and why that may mean that self-driving cars require true intelligence and more than just reacting to sensors.

Let’s call GPT and Friends: ‘Wide AI’ (and not ‘AGI’)

GPT-3o has done very well on the ARC-AGI-PUB benchmark. Sam Altman has also claimed OpenAI is confident that it can build Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). But that may be based on confusions around 'learning'. On the difference between narrow, general and (introducing) 'wide' AI.

Artificial General Intelligence is Nigh! Rejoice! Be very afraid!

Should we be hopeful or scared about imminent machines that are as intelligent or more than humans? Surprisingly, this debate is even older than computers, and from the mathematician Ada Lovelace comes an interesting observation that is as valid now as it was when she made it in 1842.