Brett Ward wrote:
>
>Hi All,
>
>It's been more than a couple of decades now that I've believed AGI is
>just around the corner. I've begun to explore the 'negative'. Here's
>some of my thought experiment, a bit of fun ; )
>
>1) We don't know what General Intelligence really 'is'. The definition
>of intelligence is a blurry concept. Are the definitions that we have
>now as accurate as what Dalton had for the atom? How much detail is
>required before it can be built?
>
>2) Even Human Intelligence could be defined as 'Narrow'. Can any random
>human baby be trained to be both a concert pianist and a theoretical
>physicist? Perhaps narrow A.I. will gradually expand to cover our needs,
>without ever needing to become 'general'. There was a profession of
>'human computer' which I guess is one of the first to be replaced by
>very narrow 'intelligence'.
>
>3) A 'soul' is required before intelligence can be obtained. Those
>without religious beliefs, feel free to replace 'soul' with
>'unknown/uncompromisable part' (perhaps parallel quantum reactions with
>other dimensions). Consider a chimpanzee with the belief that it can
>build a boat, except all its efforts are put towards shaping clay to
>look like a water bird.
>
>4) Human genetics/evolution play an 'unobtainable' part in general
>intelligence. A significant proportion of human behavior is set by
>genetics (reference identical twin studies). The beginnings of language
>have a genetic beginning ('ma' and 'da' appear as parental names across
>different languages). Perhaps the 'fine tuning' performed by evolution
>is not obtainable in an artificial manner?
>
>5) Mental stability. People aren't stable. Individuals commit suicide,
>groups cluster and wage wars. If this stability is an integral part of
>general intelligence, perhaps it's not achievable with our level of
>understanding/technology.
>
>6) Effectiveness. Alchemists believed that they could make themselves
>rich converting lead into gold. The materials were very similar, but the
>techniques attempted were mostly futile (but did spin off some other
>nice discoveries). It is possible to perform this transmutation, but the
>process is not economically viable. By the time we have the
>understanding to create general intelligence, we'll have other
>technology (maybe brain enhancement implants) that are far more effective?
>
>What are your 'beliefs'?
I believe a Singularity is due tomorrow on Fri.21.DEC.2012,
but I'm not sure just what time of day :-)
Today before breakfast I have been coding my AGI at
http://www.scn.org/~mentifex/mindforth.txt
and I have just uploaded it to the Web
even though it is still kind of rough and imperfect,
because for the first time it introduces the
http://code.google.com/p/mindforth/wiki/InFerence
module for machine reasoning.
Thanks for posting your musings, Brett.
Mentifex (Arthur)
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