One of the first things in AGI is to produce software which is self monitoring and which will correct itself when it is not working. For over a day now I have been unable to access Google Groups. The Internet access simply loops and does not get anywhere. If Google had any true AGI it would :-
a) Spot that it was looping. b) Failing that it would provide the use with an interface which would enable the fault to be corrected on line. This may seem an absolutely trivial point, but I feel it is absolutely fundamental. First of all you do not pass the Turing test by being absolutely dumb. I suppose you might say that conversing with Google was rather like Tony Haywood answering questions in Congress. "Sorry we cannot process your request at this time" (or any other time for that matter). You don't either (this is Google Translate for you) by saying hat US forces have committed atrocities in Burma when they have been out of SE Asia since the end of the Vietnam war. Another instance. Google denied access to my site saying that I had breached the terms and conditions. I hadn't and they said they did not know why. You do not pass the TT either by walking up and saying they had a paedophile website when they hadn't. I would say that the first task of AGI (this is actually a definition) would be to provide software that is fault tolerant and self correcting. After all if we have 2 copies of AGI we will have (by definition) a fault tolerant system. If a request cannot be processed an AGI system should know why not and hopefully be able to do something about it. The lack of any real fault tolerance in our systems to me underlines just how far off we really are. - Ian Parker On 24 June 2010 07:10, Dana Ream <dmr...@sonic.net> wrote: > How do you work? > > ------------------------------ > *From:* The Wizard [mailto:key.unive...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, June 23, 2010 11:05 PM > *To:* agi > *Subject:* [agi] Questions for an AGI > > > If you could ask an AGI anything, what would you ask it? > -- > Carlos A Mejia > > Taking life one singularity at a time. > www.Transalchemy.com > *agi* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/> | > Modify<https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;>Your Subscription > <http://www.listbox.com> > *agi* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/> | > Modify<https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;>Your Subscription > <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=8660244-6e7fb59c Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
