Agree. I am doing my level best to write and publish the best papers I can.
This process can take 25 years. Taking into account that someone must
continue developing the theory, and I am the only one doing it, what else
should I do? 

 

Sergio

 

From: Derek Zahn [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2012 12:28 AM
To: AGI
Subject: RE: [agi] Analog Computation

 

Steve Richfield wrote:

> Any ideas for a good solution?

Of course.  Lots and lots of people get their ideas implemented, and many of
them are not rich or overly privileged.  Emulate them.

You either get a good solid start on building something useful yourself, or
you make a convincing case to people who have resources they are willing to
invest in new ideas.  If such people are not convinced by your case, find
out why and address those points in the way they need you to address them.
Unconvincingness is not a problem with the uncaring world, it's a symptom of
a defective case.   If your points are not penetrating, it does no good to
blame the audience; sharpen the points!

  _____  

Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 18:57:20 -0700
Subject: Re: [agi] Analog Computation
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]

Sergio,

This entire debate reminds me of the late pre-micro era. I had my own plan
to build the first microcomputer. It was to be a bipolar chip that
implemented a bit-serial architecture. It would have been about the same
speed as the early MOS micros, but would have modern-day word lengths and
hardware multiply/divide. In short, it was a better way that was never
built.

Since then, I have met two other people who had their own plans to build the
first microcomputer, each of which was quite different from the others, and
all of which were MUCH better than any of the early micros.

So, why did they waste good silicon building garbage like the 4004 and 8008?
Because we were on the OUTSIDE. Our proposals were being rejected by the
same sorts of folks who were working on the 4004, and so they had to be
killed lest they compete. We failed because we couldn't get past the front
door. However, the 4004 succeeded because they had easily avoided the
greatest barrier of all - the front door.

Here we fail because we are outsiders to all of the corporations who
desperately need what we know how to do. Of course we can always throw
proposals over their transoms, only to find their way to the very people who
would be threatened by them.

In short, this is a people problem, and not a technological problem.

Any ideas for a good solution?

Steve


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