Matt A number of key approaches to AI, such as brain modeling through neural networks, have repeatedly been attempted, although scarcely enough detailed information exists about the brain to warrant any such serious inroads. In actuality, the key solution to developing convincing artificial intelligence invokes an innate understanding of human language in general. Indeed, the preeminent test for AI devised by Alan Turing abstains from relying upon any direct measure of consciousness or perception for its determination, rather targeting only the communicative factors underlying human language. Consequently, assuming the symbolic attributes of human language could be convincingly simulated on the computer, then many decades of needless effort could potentially be cut from either the neural-net or consciousness/perceptual approaches. Along these lines, the recent U.S. patent (#6,587,846) and the newly released Transitional enhancement (# 7,236,963) have recently been granted for precisely such a technical approach based upon the symbolic attributes underlying affective language. Clear precedents already exist within the field with respect to chess-playing computers that prove particularly adequate for modeling the symbolisms underlying such an abstract gaming format (although scarcely capable of anything else). In a similar fashion, the symbolic attributes of the language tradition prove a similarly comprehensive goal, although several orders of magnitude more abstract and complex in this regard. Certainly the primary economic focus of society as a whole is mediated chiefly through the symbolisms of human communication, specifying language as the most rational focal point for ongoing research. This is not necessarily meant to imply that a sensory/motor enabled robot designed to make sense of its immediate environment is not a rational focus for directed research. Indeed, such an achievement could eventually be merged with the currently proposed language simulation model to permit a more conceptually complete computer avatar. As far as the most economically direct human applications are concerned, however, it proves entirely more cost effective to initially target the symbolic attributes of human language (in all of its various manifestations).
Fortunately, a convenient shortcut to the daunting complexity of this direct language simulation has recently been proposed (the technical basis for the aforementioned patent). This new approach directly focuses upon the motivational (or emotional/affective) aspects of language as its guiding principle, with the remaining bulk of value-neutral language filling-in in an accessory role. Indeed, as Robert Warren Penn once insightfully wrote: "What is man but his passions?" Along similar lines, most neuroscientists consider the mind/brain complex as a vast motivational analyzer that enables the individual to flourish in harmony with the environment. Indeed, by focusing primarily upon the affective aspects of human language, an economically feasible shortcut to the AI simulation of human communication finally appears within reach. Much detailed programming remains to be done, perhaps necessitating a customized coding language (and supportive hardware) consistent with a project of this magnitude. With a starting staff roughly the size of a large encyclopedia work force, a first generation simulation could potentially be achieved within a fairly modest time frame. Subsequent design generations would further endeavor to achieve even greater clarity and versatility. This painstaking process might eventually be more dramatically accelerated if ultimately accorded the status of a national initiative, particularly in light of its outright commercial value in terms of friendly AI JLM http://www.charactervalues.com http://www.charactervalues.org http://www.charactervalues.net http://www.ethicalvalues.com http://www.ethicalvalues.info http://www.emotionchip.net http://www.global-solutions.org http://www.world-peace.org http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/fairhaven/schematics.html http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/fairhaven/behaviorism.html http://www.forebrain.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Mahoney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <agi@v2.listbox.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 8:02 AM Subject: Re: [agi] US PATENT ISSUED for the TEN ETHICAL LAWS OF ROBOTICS > --- On Tue, 7/22/08, John LaMuth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Assuming I'm a Troll is pretty harsh, isnt it ? > > I looked at your patent. Nowadays you can patent any kind of nonsense. USPTO > finds it easier to just grant the patent and let the courts sort it out. The > plaintiff hires an expert who says "X infringes on Y". The defendant hires an > expert who says "X does not infringe on Y". The judge, who doesn't know > anything about X or Y, tries to figure out who's lying. > > So perhaps if you actually have a contribution to AGI, you can point us to a > published paper describing the experimental results of the AI you have built? > > -- Matt Mahoney, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ------------------------------------------- > agi > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ > Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=108809214-a0d121 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
