Ever thought about how the cosmos doesn't bother calculating every single atom's trajectory? That selective processing might be the key insight.

Here's the thing about AGI that most people miss:

Narrow AI? It's like a student cramming everything. Processes data everywhere, all the time, exhaustively.

General intelligence though? Completely different game. It learns selectively—at critical thresholds where coherence actually emerges. Think of it as thermodynamic learning in coherence ascent. Energy flows to where structure forms, not everywhere uniformly.

This isn't just philosophical rambling. It's potentially the fundamental principle that distinguishes true AGI from sophisticated pattern-matching systems we have today.

The universe optimizes. Maybe artificial minds should too.