>>Or maybe others would just ignore it because ideas are cheap and developing them is hard work. >>Nobody wants your amazing ideas. >>Microsoft has made this an explicit policy.
It is unlikely that an idea that could be expressed in a book (a book-like form) would explain something that other people hadn't been able to figure out before. But publications (including public postings) can help people in many different ways which is why we post and read things in this group in spite of the fact that it is (and oh, by the way, we are) a crackpot group. For instance I read Linus's introductory text on interpretation and it started me thinking of things that I hadn't been thinking of. After some reflection I realized that the stuff I thought about were very similar to things that I had thought about before, but I was probably thinking about these ideas in slightly different ways. Microsoft and Apple's reason they did not want people to submit their ideas was because they did not want someone claiming to have originally thought or produced something that the company produced or used. It was a legal policy that has financial implications. It had nothing to do with the value of ideas. There are two important issues. Is someone exaggerating? Is the idea actually useful? The irony is that to be really useful a great idea should be both relatively simple (so that it is useful) and it should have a great deal of potential which often means that it can be used to create more complicated 'things' which can be 'handled effectively'. Jim Bromer On Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at 10:50 AM Matt Mahoney <mattmahone...@gmail.com> wrote: > The long awaited sequel to AI4U. :-/ > > If I had a an idea that I thought would greatly accelerate AGI, maybe I > would publish it so that when others developed it and proved me right, I > would get credit and worldwide game for thinking of it first. > > Or maybe others would just ignore it because ideas are cheap and > developing them is hard work. > > Nobody wants your amazing ideas. > > Microsoft has made this an explicit policy. From > https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/ms840423(v=msdn.10) > > Unsolicited Idea Submission Policy > <https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/ms840423%28v=msdn.10%29#unsolicited-idea-submission-policy> > > Microsoft or any of its employees do not accept or consider unsolicited > ideas, including ideas for new advertising campaigns, new promotions, new > products or technologies, processes, materials, marketing plans or new > product names. Please do not send any original creative artwork, samples, > demos, or other works. The sole purpose of this policy is to avoid > potential misunderstandings or disputes when Microsoft's products or > marketing strategies might seem similar to ideas submitted to Microsoft. > So, please do not send your unsolicited ideas to Microsoft or anyone at > Microsoft. If, despite our request that you not send us your ideas and > materials, you still send them, please understand that Microsoft makes no > assurances that your ideas and materials will be treated as confidential or > proprietary. > > Apple has a nearly identical policy. > https://www.apple.com/legal/intellectual-property/policies/ideas.html > > Sorry for feeding the troll. > > *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/Tce9815747c90f0c7-Md3be4b949b3bebb2d7d6e8bc> > ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/Tce9815747c90f0c7-Me2920c31d85226650fc31891 Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
