Unlocking the Potential of AI: Beyond Flat Computation
The future of artificial intelligence requires a fundamental rethink of its underlying capabilities. Current test-time and agentic AI lack essential cognitive functions found in the human brain. Here’s what they’re missing:
- Recursion: The ability to identify and solve sub-problems nested within overarching tasks.
- Parallelism: Running multiple thought threads simultaneously to maintain focus on main objectives while tackling sub-problems.
- Temporal Planning: Creating and storing sequences of actions to effectively address complex challenges.
- Meta-Thinking: The cognitive capacity to optimize various modes of thinking, improving overall performance through self-reflection.
Without these functions, AI is prone to repetitive failures, missing sub-problems, and lacking effective learning strategies. Understanding the limitations of data is also crucial, as even the smartest systems will be “rate limited” by the information available.
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