I would agree that Google is a Behemoth with resources. So is IBM.
I personally think HAL = SIRI + Watson.
So, what is the rationale for me to research AGI? My answer is to learn more
about myself and others.My seminal question that started me on this Piaget
Modeler adventure was "What is a Mental Model and how do we form them." Pure
and simple. I've learned a lot in a very short time and for me that is the
reward.
It's personal. Even if they build an AGI, that's nice. But I'm sure there are
many ways to skin a cat. And perhaps there is not only one way to build an
AGI. There are after all, many ways to fly, (e.g., like birds, like aircraft)
and we have not yet ventured very far into some of them (e.g. sonic levitation,
magnetic levitation).
The Wright Brothers didn't give up. Why should any one of us? Why Should Jim
Bromer or Arthur Murray, or Ben Goertzel? We shouldn't.
Cheers,
~PM
Subject: Re: [agi] Re: Summary of My Current Theory For an AGI Program.
From: [email protected]
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:37:09 -0500
To: [email protected]
Jim, at this point I was not trying to address your theories specifically. I
was just expressing exasperation at the lack of technical detail here right
now. Details are import and need to be specific and precise in order for work
to be done. Yeah, sorry about getting ticky about use of terms, but when you
study this stuff academically, what can perhaps seem like simple mistakes of
terminology come across as, I guess I would say "unprofessional". I suppose
this group has always been like this, but I'm right now trying to say, well, it
is possible to be negative, but give clear reasons for and not just shout and
be emotional.
Sorry for not being more constructive. I think I might have had some more sort
of detailed things I could address, but they were piling up to the level of no
longer seeming to be of much value.
So to throw something somewhat more positive out there, I just looked at the
website of the people working at Google Research. They've got literally tons
of people in areas like machine perception, AI, machine learning, machine
translation. It does give me the feeling that there are people, and with
enough plugging, they will eventually get AGI as just a natural progression.
Of, course, I think they field and the stuff they use has some missing bits,
but that's just me. You all can tilt at all the windmills y'all want, but they
have money and talent at a level we can't approach.andi
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