*Matt Mahoney is the ultimate troll: 18 responses to this thread so far. :-) *
On Tue, Dec 25, 2012 at 11:33 AM, Logan Streondj <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey, so HSPL/GI-OS is an AGI project where increments are readily testable, > in fact each new increment has a new test for it's functionality, as new > features are added. > > The roadmap leads all the way to intelligent AGI societies, space travel > and all that. Obviously that is going to be a long way off and in the next > few years are still going to be working on the programming language. > > Though even within the programming language roadmap we have the capacity > of fault-tolerance will be added, through the use of "OR" sentences, > allowing for multiple routes to solving a problem, it can then take > advantage of parallel processors by attempting several solution styles at > once, and using one or more of their results to get a best solution. > > Meanwhile it's a road of integrating all the various innovation that have > happened in computers from bottom up in a human speakable format. > > Likely we'll support low-level cognitive processes long before we support > the high-level ones, similar to how brains evolved over time, starting > with he lowest levels and working up. Some studies have showed that > without the emotional brain the logical brain is rather useless, since it's > the emotional brain that makes the decision, whereas the higher brain > simply looks at the options. > > Anyways so my point being that it is possible to have incremental testing > metrics for an AGI project. > > In terms of funding my idea is to make an amendment forum feature-request > system with support for "bidding donations" in terms that people can donate > to the project and use the credits to bid on a feature request, then the > developer that implements the features request or bug-fix gets large > percentage of the money. > > I might develop it in parallel (PHP/SQL) in order to support the > development of HSPL/GI-OS though it can also be used for other open source, > community and charitable projects. > > > On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 11:39 PM, Ben Goertzel <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Steve, >> >> I am adjusting your statement to add what I think is missing: >>> >>>> >>>> "any prospective AGI platform absolutely **MUST** be capable of *rapidly >>>> learning to* perform*ing* substantially all of the high-level >>>> cognitive information processing functions that have been observed in human >>>> mind/brains *without carefully ignoring areas (like the hypothalamus) >>>> that perform functions that appear incompatible with the platform.*" >>>> >>> >>> >> The hypothalamus is not a function, but rather a system. So to accord >> with my statement you would need to enumerate which of the human mind's >> high-level cognitive functions you think OpenCog (or other AGi designs) >> ignores due to not adequately including sufficiently "hypothalamus-like" >> components or processes... >> >> Also, I don't agree at all that an AGi must be capable fo rapidly >> learning to perform all its high-level functions. A human mind learns to >> cognize over a period of years, and does so via a complex combination of >> learning with the scheduled/triggered unveiling of genetically encoded >> capabilities.... Similarly I think it's OK if an AGi learns its cognitive >> capabilities over a period of years, and if it leverages some appropriately >> in-built capabilities. A human mind is not a tabula rasa, and nor need an >> AGI mind be... >> >> -- Ben G >> *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> >> <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/5037279-a88c7a6d> | >> Modify <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> Your Subscription >> <http://www.listbox.com> >> > > *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/23601136-98835e3f> | > Modify<https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;>Your Subscription > <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-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
