You have a metric for human brains worth of computing power which hasn't already been exceeded? I can't do infinite precision arithmetic or the RSA algorithm in my head, or index a billion strings into lexical sort order.
But I am human, I am conscious and no visible VLSI work or algorithmic model will lead to AGI or a human equivalent computing power by 2029. Let alone for $1000.
well, you could just be hallucinating your own consciousness. By 2029 it seems not unreasonable to expect that the most sophisticated models will carry out visual and auditory interactions which could fool even the most sophisticated viewer. At that point, what really does consciousness mean? If the robot insisted to me it was conscious, how can I really say no?
But I am human, I am conscious and no visible VLSI work or algorithmic model will lead to AGI or a human equivalent computing power by 2029. Let alone for $1000.