Why Does David Silver Believe a Super Learner Will Work?

David Silver strongly believes the approach behind a super learner will be feasible at some point. The human brain, he says, is the only existence proof of something that has discovered a very general intelligence, works in an embodied world, and learns how to do all kinds of different things.

Sonya Huang asks how confident he is that a super learner will emerge from Ineffable at the broadest level, and whether the nearer goals are a 50-50 bet too. He says great moments in science come down to timing. Whether the approach succeeds or fails is about timing, in the same way a startup has to be at the right time.