Comment by Ed3 on The "Outside the Box" Box · 2008-09-27T14:11:12.000Z · LW · GW

"Whenever someone exhorts you to "think outside the box", they usually, for your convenience, point out exactly where "outside the box" is located. Isn't it funny how nonconformists all dress the same..."

They do? Can you give an example? I can't recall anybody ever pointing out a location.

And NNs are independent of "general intelligence". NNs are being used to great success in many fields today. The fact that we don't have hard AI is no condemnation of NNs, nor a problem with the phrase "think outside the box". That's quite a leap you made, and I've only read 2 paragraphs so far!