That's called "Working within the current paradigm." For AGI there must be a paradigm shift. ~PM
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2012 10:12:13 +0800 > Subject: [agi] Re: Interesting interview with Nick Cassimatis about his new > AGI startup, and the limitations of modern academia... > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > This quote from the interview nicely summarizes why academia sucks as > a venue for making AGI progress... > > *** > Since our goal is to actually identify mechanisms that are powerful > enough to achieve human-level intelligence, the best way we have of > proving that our theory is correct is to actually implement it and > show it actually understands language at a human level. It’s actually > surprisingly difficult to get research like this published and > supported within normal academic communities because they are more > interested with smaller, incremental results that can be precisely > quantified. It is very difficult to get academic papers about complex > systems published in the quantities you need to thrive in academia. > > ... one of the problems with academia today is that one’s career > progress is disproportionately linked to bringing in money (almost > always government money). When one asks oneself how to best ensure > getting a grant, the answer is invariably, “Keep doing more of > whatever got money before.” > *** > > On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 10:08 AM, Ben Goertzel <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://www.forbes.com/sites/markchangizi/2012/11/09/for-siris-new-competitor-skyphrase-academia-isnt-big-enough-for-ai/ > > > > -- > > Ben Goertzel, PhD > > http://goertzel.org > > > > "My humanity is a constant self-overcoming" -- Friedrich Nietzsche > > > > -- > Ben Goertzel, PhD > http://goertzel.org > > "My humanity is a constant self-overcoming" -- Friedrich Nietzsche > > > ------------------------------------------- > AGI > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/19999924-5cfde295 > 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
