I think a lot of people have left this agi list over the years due to protracted flame wars. Some people I suspect have been institutionalized! It's a shame, and not limited to this agi list.
On 8/1/13, Matt Mahoney <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 9:43 PM, Emahn Novid <[email protected]> wrote: >> 2. What is the day to day work for someone with a passion in >> AGI/singularity >> like? > > Mostly arguing about philosophy on lists like this or lesswrong. When > this list was created a few years ago, there were several people > working on AGI projects. All of them except Ben Goertzel have given up > or left. As a result, we have a lot of discussion along the lines of > "my approach is right and yours is wrong", although it should be > pointed out that nobody has actually produced an AGI or is even close > to doing so. I gave up after I wrote a set of requirements and figured > out what it would cost. > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Z0kr3XDoM6cr5TgHH0GXQTjyikr7WpCkpWFn9IglW3o > > But that's OK. All of these problems will be figured out with a lot of > work by a lot of people, a little bit at a time, even if nobody here > comes up with a grand solution that took evolution 3 billion years to > figure out. Isn't it more fun to argue philosophically about whether a > robot that looks and acts like you is you, rather than figure out how > to actually build such a robot? > > -- > -- Matt Mahoney, [email protected] > > > ------------------------------------------- > AGI > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/11943661-d9279dae > Modify Your Subscription: > https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: 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
