What will be the minimum and optimum system requirements to run
(young-child level) NM?
I am not sure but am thinking it will be <100 current single-processor PC in a standard network configuration
Will you sell NM or sell the services that NM can offer?
Services... -- ben g
---------------------------------------------------- From : Ben Goertzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To : agi@v2.listbox.com Subject : Re: [agi] Estimate of NM grade time table? Largest test to date? Date : Wed, 31 May 2006 12:30:38 -0400 > On Wed, 31 May 2006 11:24:00 -500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Do you have a projection of the optomistic and pesimistic times of when NM > > will achieve Trans-Human intelligence? > > The pessimistic time-frame is never... the optimistic time-frame is 2 > years from now. > > More meaningful intervals are as follows (pasted out of a recent presentation): > > These are what I think we may be able to achieve IF the project gets > funded at a level of $500K/year, enabling us to hire a team of ~10 > full-time technical staff. This has not yet occurred. Lacking this > proper level of staffing, things may take much longer and the whole > project may not complete. I believe we have a workable AGI design but > there is plenty of work left to be done to get everything implemented, > get the "details" resolved and make it fully functional.. > > ***** > 2007: autonomous intelligent infant interacting spontaneously in a 3D > simulation world, communicating in simple English > > 2008-2009: young-child level (Piaget's concrete operational stage), > with the capability to carry out complex series of purposeful actions > and communicate in simple grammatical sentences > > Toward the end of this stage, the spinning-off of a powerful, > profitable question-answering product becomes viable > > 2008-2012: embodied learning of complex language > > 2009-2014: Piaget's formal level, the ability to reason abstractly and > communicate in fully complex English > > 2010-?: Strongly self-modifying AI > ****** > > To me the time estimates are NOT the important thing, though. The > important thing is that we have a well-articulated, scientifically and > engineeringly sensible plan for getting from here to the grand > end-goal.... Estimating what is possible is one thing, estimating > when is another... > > -- Ben > > > How long before NM gets to first grade? > > > > 12th grade? collage? > > > > Phd Status? > > > > Dan Goe > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > From : Ben Goertzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To : agi@v2.listbox.com > > Subject : Re: [agi] Largest test to date?.. Data there vs data not > > there.. > > Date : Wed, 31 May 2006 12:14:13 -0400 > > > To answer your questions: > > > > > > Right now the most machines we have used for a single NM installation is > > 4 > > > > > > However, scaling up to many machines is NOT our biggest issue by any > > means... > > > > > > In 2000, we ran our Webmind AI Engine system (with a conceptually > > > similar distributed processing infrastructure) on a network of 30+ > > > quad processor PC's ... > > > > > > This kind of infrastructural stuff is not the obstacle to AGI, the > > > obstacle is in getting the learning/memory algorithms right.... I > > > think the NM design contains a workable solution to this problem but > > > there remain plenty of details to resolve via experimentation... > > > > > > NM is not at this point designing itself, no -- it is still at the > > > "infantile" stage... > > > > > > ben > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 31 May 2006 11:09:44 -500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > What is the largest test to date of Novamate on a distributed network > > of > > > > machines? > > > > > > > > Is Novamate designing itself? > > > > > > > > Dan Goe > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > > > From : Ben Goertzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To : agi@v2.listbox.com > > > > Subject : Re: [agi] Data there vs data not there, Limits to storage? > > > > Date : Wed, 31 May 2006 11:51:45 -0400 > > > > > Novamente can run on a distributed network of machines, using both > > RAM > > > > > and disk for memory; hence in principle it has no "limits of > > storage" > > > > > except those imposed by cost... > > > > > > > > > > Of course there are limitations in terms of RAM access time and > > > > > distributed processing overhead, but these are the familiar ones and > > > > > not specific to Novamente > > > > > > > > > > ben > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------- > > > > To unsubscribe, change your address, or temporarily deactivate your > > subscription, > > > > please go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > ------- > > > To unsubscribe, change your address, or temporarily deactivate your > > subscription, > > > please go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ------- > > To unsubscribe, change your address, or temporarily deactivate your subscription, > > please go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ------- > To unsubscribe, change your address, or temporarily deactivate your subscription, > please go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ------- To unsubscribe, change your address, or temporarily deactivate your subscription, please go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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