“Our dream is to have a universal robot brain that you could download and use for your robot without any training at all.”
The purpose of the universal robot brain (URB) is to ensure sameness, predictability, and a base level of function.
“Download URB 6.3.1 and your robot will stop neglecting those pesky crumbs that get stuck under the cabinets in your kitchen!”
So I buy a robot, download the URB, and then what? I ask it to do the laundry? Mow the grass? Read to the kids?
Human babies are born with particular human brains.
Human brains aren’t universal. At least not in the same sense that the universal robot brain will be. Human brains have some universality. For example, human brains know how to work their own systems, process sensory inputs, and learn from those inputs, much like the proposed URB.
But the magic of the human brain comes from the uniqueness it produces. Robots don’t give a crap. Humans do.
The URB is about utility. The human brain is about significance.
