On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 12:45 PM, Jim Bromer <[email protected]> wrote: > These specifications are not feasible and therefore not reasonable. I > have a feeling that if IBM or Google could've the would've.
They are making progress, not excuses. > Furthermore, many of my > specifications would be more like design specifications. Specifications first, then design. It is easy to specify a design and then declare success even though it doesn't work. Nobody said AGI is easy. Tell me what it would take to solve these problems. Obviously a solution must exist. The evidence is between your ears. > On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 11:49 AM, Matt Mahoney <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 11:04 AM, Mike Tintner <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> Can you be ahem more specific about your ideal specification? >> >> A specification describes what a program should do. For AGI, we >> generally mean it should be able to do anything that a human could do. >> More practically, it would be anything that you might pay a human to >> do (because these are goals that investors would be willing to fund). >> >> A more detailed specification might list specific, intermediate goals >> or tests, such as: >> 1. Ability to fill in missing words in text with human level accuracy. >> 2. Ability to pass college level final exams in most subjects. >> 3. Ability to match captions to images. >> 4. Ability to classify videos as funny or not. >> 5. If equipped with a camera and robot arm, ability to catch and throw a >> ball. >> >>> Do any AGI projects meet your criteria? >> >> I believe all of these problems will eventually be solved. However I >> don't believe that anyone on this list has the resources to do it >> themselves. >> >> >> -- Matt Mahoney, [email protected] -- Matt Mahoney, [email protected] ------------------------------------------- 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
