Colin You're right, off course. My point is; if AGI would not deal with this level of abstract, human communication of temporal, emotive states, how would it ever be taken seriously to solve highly-abstract problems? Poets do indeed have their say. 😉
Next year, I hope to be living in Panama. From a stronger base, I'm quite certain I would then be able to start addressing the big issues in life in terms of a pragmatic AGI application. For example, using AGI-tech to help understand and mitigate the unfolding, Fukushima nuclear disaster, which is affecting the globe. There are life-existential problems to come to grips with and find resolutions for regarding; health, safety, food and water security, and environmental contamination. There's more than enough work for all of us interested in the field and no time to waste. Not all of us would be able to run away to Mars. I think that is primarily where AGI development should be heading in. Rob ________________________________ From: Colin Hales via AGI <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, 19 August 2018 9:03 AM To: AGI; [email protected] Subject: Re: [agi] Knock. Knock. Knock. Knock. Knock. You can overdo the metaphors. Yes. But hey! Poets need a say too. This is the poetry of a neuroscientist/engineer. You gotta make allowances. :P There's a serious message here. In addition to Galileo's note there are two paragraphs (behind the confessionals by Sir CortAlex and Ragy) that nail the heart of the problem in very specific technical terms, and are the key message. The rest of it is just a fun container. This is a real life problem with the science that I'm trying to get people to recognise and think about. Everything else is dressing. I even got colourblind Mary and the Chinese Room in there! And an obscure movie reference (can anyone see it? A scene from a relatively recent AI movie. Elephant stamp for the person that gets it!) and a fart joke. We could use a little humour in this business! There's a truckload of material in AGI. I've even written a slow blues song about how the same issue appears to the science of consciousness. More fun. More progress. :-) colin On Sun, Aug 19, 2018 at 3:22 PM Nanograte Knowledge Technologies via AGI <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Oh! I thought Ben may have played a cameo role here and there. He has been digitally remastered into a corporatized version. My professor set me on an arduous path to discover Excalibur and draw it from it's stony face. After looking elsewhere for such a purpose, all over the hidden secrets and exhausting fumes of the earth, the journey took me to the Valley of Mirrors. Once there, I learned all about the Vortex of Trust. Unless one trusts oneself, Excalibur within would never be drawn. Perhaps, you should stop waiting in hope, and simply follow along on the path you see set before you. Reality will never be what you imagined it to be, but instead take form into what unfolds before your eyes as you walk in hope, your Excalibur in hand, enlightened eyes and ears, wide open. The Universe would surely connect to such enthralling dots. It's obligated to, by scientific predicate. Goggle that. Strange tales. Rob ________________________________ From: Colin Hales via AGI <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Sent: Sunday, 19 August 2018 12:15 AM To: AGI Subject: Re: [agi] Knock. Knock. Knock. Knock. Knock. On Sat., 18 Aug. 2018, 7:56 pm Nanograte Knowledge Technologies via AGI, <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: A most-interesting exorcism. Thanks. I think. 😋. It was fun to write. I realised I left Ben out of the cast of luminaries. But then, maybe he got the better deal! If only the discussion could come to the seious attention of the real life counterparts. This has gone on long enough! I remain hopeful. Cheers, Colin ________________________________ From: Colin Hales via AGI <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Sent: Saturday, 18 August 2018 3:16 AM To: AGI Subject: [agi] Knock. Knock. Knock. Knock. Knock. The Great AGIwar: An Exegesis By Dr Colin G. Hales 2000 words of fun with a pointed message on a stick delivered to the door of the citadel. Think of it as the Turing Test toilet break goes bad. Enjoy. :-) Colin Artificial General Intelligence List<https://agi.topicbox.com/latest> / AGI / see discussions<https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi> + participants<https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/members> + delivery options<https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription> Permalink<https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/Tc4740af26e8cd0ee-M437cba4ab68195d098c09997> ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/Tc4740af26e8cd0ee-Me4218a12752dd89656db7f07 Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
