I for one welcome our new shape-ological overlords. On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 9:20 PM, Ben Goertzel <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/303/22581513-9fe46a1c > Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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