No, I want to build something that can tap into the knowledge & computing power of the internet just like we do.
As for the weaknesses of humans you list, I fail to see why they would have to apply to an artificial mind. Those are constraints placed on us by our particular implementation of intelligence. And if you don't see the utility of having an autonomous thinking & decision making machine, you are in denial. Yes, the internet is extremely valuable, useful, and powerful, but there are plenty of niches it doesn't fill. And you already pointed out one right before you asked why: to automate work that humans have to do because current technology isn't smart enough. I would also like to be able to talk to a machine and know that it really does understand my wishes and requests, which search engines don't do yet. And when search engines finally succeed at that, it will be because they will have implemented something analogous to human cognition. Now what I'm working on isn't plugged into the internet for anyone to use like an (intelligent, conversational) search engine, but in order to lay the groundwork for such a service, people like me have to spend our time working on these sorts of projects. How else will we learn how to make the web truly intelligent? And how else will we make robots truly effective and safe, besides making them understand what's happening in the world around them? On Aug 23, 2012 2:36 PM, Matt Mahoney <[email protected]> wrote: On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 2:53 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > In other words, *we* implement the utility function. And we use it daily > to find new ways to improve itself. I like this line of reasoning, and I > think you're right, but it leaves me intellectually unsatisfied. I still > want to build a true AGI, just to prove I can (and to understand how minds > work better). Safer doesn't always mean better. Are you really going to build something with more knowledge and computing power than the internet? It can do a lot, but there are still hard problems to solve in natural language, vision, robotics, and modeling human behavior before it can automate the remaining work still done by humans at a cost of $70 trillion per year because machines aren't smart enough. It seems a lot of people are still trying to build artificial human minds. Why? Do we need to duplicate human weaknesses as well as strengths? Do we really want machines that won't work nights and weekends? Do we really need a 10 petaflop calculator that can only add one digit per second with 95% accuracy? Is there a market for artificial toddlers? If that's not what you intend to build, then what? -- Matt Mahoney, [email protected] ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/23050605-bcb45fb4 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?& Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com ------------------------------------------- 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
