On 21.08.2012 20:17, Ben Goertzel wrote:
There is talk of them spinning off their rationality stuff into a
separate org so as to regain more focus on Friendly AI
However, my understanding is that they intend to focus for a while on
Friendly AI related theory, not implementing anything substantial
till
they've come to what they consider an appropriate level of
theoretical
understanding
I look upon the aptly named and surprisingly well funded Singhilarity
Institute with some amusement. There seem to be a number of confusions
going on in relation to:
- chaotic neural systems
- the origins of concepts
- the sensitivity to initial conditions or mutations of feedback
systems
- distinctions between types of machines (does it matter where the
ghost is?)
- the capabilities of existing technology compared to human brains
- the influence of existing narrow AI on human affairs
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