On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 11:56 AM, Ben Goertzel <b...@goertzel.org> wrote: > Aubrey, whose link I posted, does not believe the problem of aging will be > solved in one fell swoop by a sudden breakthrough.
I didn't mean Aubrey de Grey. I meant Ponce de Leon. > He believes that aging > is a complex problem that will require multiple coordinated breakthroughs, and > would like to see work funded on multiple relevant fronts: > > http://sens.org/sens-research/research-themes He describes 7 processes of aging and how to treat them. I think we will discover more once people start living 200 years. As we get older the lenses in our eyes harden and the cartilage in our joints wears out. What other body parts will wear out after another century? What parts will grow in unexpected ways when we make our cells immortal? Eventually we will need to replace all of our body parts including our brains. > The analogy with AGI is, roughly: > > -- You are arguing that the best approach to longevity research is > "biopharma as usual" > > -- Aubrey is arguing that lots of funding specifically on the > longevity problem, would work much better and faster > > and also > > -- You are arguing that the best approach to AGI is "narrow AI as usual" > > -- I am arguing that lots of funding specifically on AGI, would work > much better and faster I described a framework that can speed up the process of "narrow AI as usual", namely a simpler way of integrating it all together into AGI that is easy and fun to use. http://mattmahoney.net/agi2.html Although I realize now that it does not solve the fundamental problem of reputation networks tending toward centralized monopolies. Nobody will trust the little guys unless a big guy vouches for them. Also, implementing this as a service like Google or Facebook or Twitter would not be fast or cheap. I am optimistic that advanced technology will solve both AGI and aging in the next couple hundred years. -- -- Matt Mahoney, mattmahone...@gmail.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
