20 years ago Marvin Minsky gave a talk which I liked. I only went to the top of CSC one time, to the restaurant. That was back in the days when I was wearing a tie and really going places!
On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 10:36 PM, A. T. Murray <[email protected]> wrote: > Mike Archbold wrote: >> >> I worked for a long time for Seafirst/BofA as a programmer, >> also had a stint at the UW seismology lab... yeah, I'm >> around Seattle. There used to >be a "Northwest AI Forum" >> but it has seemingly disappeared. > > The Northwest AI Forum (NaiF) was operative in the early > 1990's. They used to hold meetings at the top of the > Columbia Seafirst Center, where the height was dizzying. > > Around 1994, the NaiF had an AI show at a club in > downtown Seattle. I demonstrated MindRexx there on > a Commodore Amiga. The son of the Nobelist Francis Crick > walked by and sniffed his contempt for my AI efforts, > so I told him that, if and when AI succeeds, it will > be a bigger achievement than "what your father achieved" > (co-discovering the DNA double helix with Watson and > Madeleine what's-her-name). I still miss the NaiF. > >> There are so few people around who really are interested in >> general AI. Maybe we could set up some kind of NW chapter. >> I'm more openminded and I don't fancy arguments so much of >> the form "my scheme X is better than your scheme Y".... >> I'm just trying to understand the various fields related to AGI, >> learn from people, and yeah, I've got my own scheme I'm working on.... ;) > > > > ------------------------------------------- > AGI > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/11943661-d9279dae > 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
