1} first and foremost, is defininng consciousness. I say there are degrees of consciousness, ergo, there exists non-biologic consciousness, that, in least complex definition is two-ness/other-ness, that, includes four aspects of consideration
2} Artificial General Intelligence { AGI algorithms } will approach that have human generalizing abilities via access to Meta-space mind/intellect/concepts and ego/i, in what future year?
Answer: AGI is already approaching ergo, the question is really,1} Will AGI ever attain the degree of generalized intelligence status that humans have?
and 2} what year will that occur?
Answer: never
...."....could a calculator be considered an early yet incomplete version of AGI? How about Eliza? Siri?),” Marcus argued, pointing to the continuing deficiencies of the current generation of large Language Models (LLMs): “The problem of hallucinations is not solved; reliability is not solved; planning on complex tasks is (as the authors themselves acknowledge) not solved.”
...If by “AGI” we (including Marcus) mean getting a machine to be as “intelligent” as humans, why is it a problem to have hallucinations, a very human trait? Isn’t “AGI” or even just ordinary “AI” a very human hallucination?
..One of the definitions of hallucination given by the Marriam-Webster dictionary is “an unfounded or mistaken impression or notion.” Obviously Marcus, like many other intelligent people today, thinks that a calculator is not AI or an incomplete AGI. But that mistaken notion (or hallucination) has been advanced by many intelligent people for many years.