On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 11:44 PM, Steve Richfield <[email protected] > wrote:
> For some unknown reason (Ben, here is your big chance to explain), there > seems to be nearly universal resistance to even speculating on how a few > million dollars could answer most of the remaining questions needed to > build an AGI. I think the answer is that AGI people can't bear to even > consider that their path to success might be blocked by a present lack of > knowledge. Are there OTHER opinions here as to the mental defect that > underlies this resistance? > Sure. I mean, suppose for the sake of argument you're right about all this, where does that lead? On this list, nowhere! We haven't got a few million dollars, or the expertise to evaluate whether it's feasible to build a device such as you describe in the near future, or to help build it if so. You need to be talking to hardware people, neuroscientists, funding agencies, the people who can help you get such a device built. If you're right about some AGI people being qualified to analyze the output of same, by all means come back and try to recruit them after you have a device that produces output to analyze. ------------------------------------------- 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
