> https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2025/02/dw...
> "One question I had for you while we were talking about the intelligence stuff was, as a scientist yourself, what do you make of the fact that these things have basically the entire corpus of human knowledge memorized and they haven’t been able to make a single new connection that has led to a discovery? Whereas if even a moderately intelligent person had this much stuff memorized, they would notice — Oh, this thing causes this symptom. This other thing also causes this symptom. There’s a medical cure right here.
> "Shouldn’t we be expecting that kind of stuff?"
I basically agree and think that the lack of answers to this question constitutes a real problem for people who believe that AGI is right around the corner.