I've pondered this subject often throughout my life and guys like this make a lot sense but are missing some of the picture that they themselves don't get. It's such a touchy area and people find it difficult to handle and grasp holistically. I make no claims of grokking it all though..
Thompson is focusing too much on social operators with religion and theory of mind. The are other areas not covered, some alluded to, etc. and other perspectives and interpretations of what he describes. For AGI I see all this as included in an integrated mathematical model of deity with religion-like analogues and subareas. For Friendly AGI I think it might be critical to understand some of this and especially some of what is missing in the video. Also these guys tout it like they have discovered something new where much of this has been understood intuitively by individuals throughout history, minus the contemporary scientific and technological painting on it all... Honestly it amuses me when I watch Dawkins parlaying his ideas I suppose he hasn't had a really good argument on this yet as he always demagogues the easy targets. Though many who could hold a candle to him wouldn't waste their time. Personally I prefer to sift through works of people like St. Thomas Aquinas where in the 13th century he actually understood more on theory of mind than most Dawkins-like nihilists. John From: Piaget Modeler [mailto:[email protected]] Don't mean to start any religious wars, but it appears the notion of God may be an evolutionary adaptation. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHq46vfd-XA> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHq46vfd-XA Are there any implications for AGIs ? Your thoughts? ~PM ------------------------------------------- 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
