On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 11:12 AM, Matt Mahoney <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 2:19 PM, Logan Streondj <[email protected]> wrote: >> Oh hey, wanted to mention that agi-conf.org is down. >> >> I was checking when it was, since I was mildly concerned about it's >> proximity to the 2012 summer olympic games, which has a lot of bomb >> threats and predictive programming, such as the sports stadium >> explosion in Caprica. >> >> though considering it is in December and in Oxford, it should be fine. >> if there is any radioactive fallout, at least radioactive iodine would >> subside by then, >> and can always relocate if radioactivity is perceived to be an issue. >> >> Though the Rockefeller foundation has planned the 2010-2020 as the >> "doom decade". >> Hopefully the false-flag wont happen, and so Iran wont be blamed and >> ww3 wont brake out. >> Hugo de Garis says we aren't in for another world war till the rise of >> the artilects which is a long ways away. >> Though there were multiple world wars in the 20th century, so who >> knows. *shrugs*. >> >> >> And another thing in terms of the call for papers, if papers are >> accepted do people have to show up to present them? or can they get >> archived in some kind of AGI magazine? > > You could build a robot to present the paper for you. This would solve > 3 problems. First, it would give you something interesting to present. > Second, you could launch a Singularity. Third, you wouldn't have to > worry about radioactive fallout. > > But seriously, you normally have to present accepted papers in person > at conferences and pay the conference fees. That's how they cover > their costs. If you don't want to present, then you can publish to a > journal like JAGI. But it is usually harder to get a paper accepted by > a journal than a conference. > > > -- Matt Mahoney, [email protected] > >
Thanks for the explanation :-). I was planning on doing just that in a few years for TED talks and such. Could mail it in a box, and then remote control over GSM or something. but ya, what are the conference fees usually like? I might go in person if one is hosted in Toronto or nearby. ------------------------------------------- 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
