Pei Wang:> --- I have problem with each of these assumptions and beliefs, though> I don't think anyone can convince someone who just get a big grant> that they are moving in a wrong direction. ;-) With his other posts about the Singularity Summit and his invention of the word "Synaptronics", Modha certainly seems to be a kindred spirit to many on this list. I think what he's trying to do with this project (to the extent I understand it) seems like a reasonably promising approach (not really to AGI as such, but experimenting with soft computing substrates is kind of a cool enterprise to me). Let a thousand flowers bloom. However, when he says things on his blog like "In my opinion, there are three reasons why the time is now ripe to begin to draw inspiration from structure, dynamics, function, and behavior of the brain for developing novel computing architectures and cognitive systems." -- I despair again. Dr. Wang, if you want to get some funding maybe you should start promoting NARS as a theory of the brain :)
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