Oops, sorry please ignore that previous message... I hate it when my son drugs my morning tea like that ;p ...
;-) ben g On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 9:18 AM, Ben Goertzel <[email protected]> wrote: > Mike, > >> You're in the v. unusual position of starting in a field which has no >> substantive foundations whatsoever - (and is crying out for *new* ideas). >> And people who do not tell you that upfront and every day, are irresponsibly >> and immorally leading you astray. > > Finally I see the light !!! > > Bowing to the weight of your crushing moral critique, I now see the immorality > of my old ways!!! > > Nevermore will I preach the false doctrine of AGI !! > > From this moment onwards, I will preach only patchworks, patchabilities, > and the ineffable non-rational morphological mutabilities of raindrops !! > > I see now that only a "Bio-bot" made of real biological cells could ever > achieve > human-like intelligence, because these biological cells possess a unique > capability to intuitively and imaginatively comprehend the non-morphological > mutabilities and magickological beautabilities of the snowflakes, the > raindrops, the trees and the pretty little flowers... not to mention Bambi, > one must never forget Bambi !!!! ... > > I understand now that algorithms and computer software can never produce > true intelligence, because they can only rearrange what has been provided > to them by human programmers. Rather, true general intelligence must be > produced by biological cells whose trans-rational shape-ological shimmerings > are able to trans-logically enter into infinite varieties of cosmic dances > in intimate communion with the biological and physical world with which > they intersect !!! > > I hereby retract all my previous statements and writings about AGI.... I will > abandon the OpenCog project and prostrate myself abjectly before the shrine > of the most holy and meta-beauteous biological raindrop !!! > > Mike Tintner, you are my savior !!! -- Ben Goertzel, PhD http://goertzel.org "My humanity is a constant self-overcoming" -- Friedrich Nietzsche ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-c97d2393 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-2484a968 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
