If fuzzgun BigCheese motters Bob Mottram would apply his unparalleled, expert know-how on robotic vision to the
http://code.google.com/p/mindforth/wiki/VisRecog module of MindForth AI, he could launch The Singularity. > >On 30 January 2011 14:33, Ben Goertzel <[email protected]> wrote: >> Real progress toward AGI is happening now, fortunately, even though it's >> not clearly demonstrable/perceptible to outsiders.... =A0However, I agree= > that >> a huge spike in resources for AGI won't happen until there is some sort of >> "AGI Sputnik" event that gets the world excited and more confident. =A0I = >don't >> think a theoretic breakthrough could likely do it, but rather a >> sufficiently emotionally >> resonant and scientifically meaningful AGI demo or else as you say a >> neuroscience breakthrough into the neural underpinnings of human cognition >> (not just perception or movement or memory etc.) > > >Sputnik is a good analogy, because it was the technology demo which >showed that space travel and satellite communications was feasible, >even though Sputnik itself was not all that sophisticated. Prior to >Sputnik there were a few people who believed that they had a feasible >design for getting things into space, but lacked much financial >backing. ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/8660244-d750797a Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=8660244-6e7fb59c Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
