Hmm... Twitter has done a good job with implicit meta-tagging, using the # prefix
If list posters adopted the convention of prefixing their posts with tags like #analog #opencog #quantum #aixi or whatever, then these could be used in searching archives with a search engine, which would serve as a sort of poor-man's metatagging and topic-based archives.. ben On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 1:21 AM, Charles Hixson <[email protected]>wrote: > ** > Perhaps the sub-groups/sub-lists could have the "custom" of marking it in > the subject, say if it was about analog AI having the subject start with > "[Analog]". I'm not talking about anything as formal as a guideline, and > definitely not a requirement, just something so that those not interested > could set their mail filters to mark the posts already read. > > > On 07/08/2012 08:15 AM, Ben Goertzel wrote: > > > In general, I think it would be good if subgroups of people sharing > certain AI intuitions could carry out a discussion on this list, with > others listening in and contributing occasionally, but with others NOT > repetitively chiming into the discussion with comments of the basic meaning > "By the way, I told you guys 100 times before that your paradigm sucks, so > why do you keep on pursuing it?!" > > For example, I would be happy to listen in on others' discussions on > analog computing approaches to AGI, making technical comments or asking > technical questions occasionally; and I would not feel the need to > interrupt these discussions repeatedly with comments of the form "Why don't > you guys adopt my preferred AGI paradigm instead!!" > > This is almost making me feel motivated to create a set of posting > guidelines for the list ;p .. but, not quite... > > -- Ben G > > On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 10:51 PM, Russell Wallace < > [email protected]> wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 12:11 AM, Steve Richfield < > [email protected]> wrote: > > OK, perhaps we should just stay here and distinguish "weak AGI" where > people attempt to somehow leverage data point computation into an > intelligent process as now seems to be the norm on this forum, and "strong > AGI" where we attempt to move up to whatever metalevel is at least as high > as our brains operate on, and which can also conceivably be performed by > plausibly manufacturable hardware, albeit not anything like present CPUs. > > Any problem with those terms? > > > Yes, 'strong AI' already has an established meaning, denoting the aim of > producing a fully human level mind (by whatever method), as opposed to > 'weak AI' which merely aims to make computers smarter and more useful than > they currently are. > > Besides, you don't exactly need a PhD in psychology to figure out that > many people will object to the word 'weak' being applied to their line of > research! Personally I don't care about that so much as about the fact that > your proposed usage is highly uninformative. > > Until you get enough like-minded people to start a separate mailing > list, I would recommend coming up with a more descriptive term for your > proposed line of research. > *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/212726-11ac2389> | > Modify<https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;>Your Subscription > <http://www.listbox.com> > > > > > -- > 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> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/232072-58998042> | > Modify<https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;>Your Subscription > <http://www.listbox.com> > > > > -- > Charles Hixson > > *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/212726-11ac2389> | > Modify<https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;>Your Subscription > <http://www.listbox.com> > -- 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
