I mean, you'd think any mind that had just spent a hundred hours or a subjective eternity poring over spreadsheets or proteins would be a little spun out when it was brought into VR for a status update. Just for instance. The kind of minds we're envisioning would have to be able to do this kind of thing with a grace we would find very unsympathetic. Surely
On 10/5/08, Eric Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>Well, for the purpose of creating the first human-level AGI, it seems >> important **to** >>wire in humanlike bias about space and time ... this will greatly ease the >> task of >>teaching the system to use our language and communicate with us >> effectively... > > The same thing occurred to me while browsing this thread. We really > want an AGI that can function with human-like ease in a simulated > Earth-like environment for reasons of training and communication. But > by no means should this be the limit of its abilities! You'd like an > intelligence that functions with native casualness while embodied in > VR but can make smooth transitions into entirely different modalities > without the time it spends there biasing its behavior in other ones. > > I mean, you want an AGI to be a master of all modes and to be able to > switch between them seamlessly, neither of which are particularly > lauded properties of human intelligence. It kind of goes to reinforce > the notion that strong AI will likely be strongly non-human. > > On 10/5/08, Ben Goertzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> 3. I think it is extremely important, that we give an AGI no bias about >>> space and time as we seem to have. Our intuitive understanding of space >>> and >>> time is useful for our life on earth but it is completely wrong as we >>> know >>> from theory of relativity and quantum physics. >>> >>> -Matthias Heger >> >> >> >> Well, for the purpose of creating the first human-level AGI, it seems >> important **to** wire in humanlike bias about space and time ... this will >> greatly ease the task of teaching the system to use our language and >> communicate with us effectively... >> >> But I agree that not **all** AGIs should have this inbuilt biasing ... for >> instance an AGI hooked directly to quantum microworld sensors could become >> a >> kind of "quantum mind" with a totally different intuition for the physical >> world than we have... >> >> ben g >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------- >> 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=114414975-3c8e69 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
