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What is the prospect of developing artificial general intelligence (AGI)? Iinvestigate this question by systematically comparing living and algorithmicsystems, with a special focus on the notion of "agency." There are threefundamental differences to consider: (1) Living systems are autopoietic, thatis, self-manufacturing, and therefore able to set their own intrinsic goals,while algorithms exist in a computational environment with target functionsthat are both provided by an external agent. (2) Living systems are embodied inthe sense that there is no separation between their symbolic and physicalaspects, while algorithms run on computational architectures that maximallyisolate software from hardware. (3) Living systems experience a large world, inwhich most problems are ill-defined (and not all definable), while algorithmsexist in a small world, in which all problems are well-defined. These threedifferences imply that living and algorithmic systems have very differentcapabilities and limitations. In particular, it is extremely unlikely that trueAGI (beyond mere mimicry) can be developed in the current algorithmic frameworkof AI research. Consequently, discussions about the proper development anddeployment of algorithmic tools should be shaped around the dangers andopportunities of current narrow AI, not the extremely unlikely prospect of theemergence of true agency in artificial systems.

Artificial intelligence is algorithmic mimicry: why artificial "agents" are not (and won't be) proper agents