I think the moon shot programme is a useful analogy, in that it was a grand program, which was undertaken in the knowledge that the problems involved were soluble with a high probability - and Kennedy, if I remember, made a few-year commitment to putting a man on the moon, which was borne out.
It's a useful analogy because it obviously has no application to the field of AGI wh. doesn't really have a clue what the problems are, let alone have any idea of how to solve them. No "operational definitions" or "effective mechanisms" anywhere. When we get a grand AGI program that we *can* legitimately compare to the moon shot, we will for the first time be making progress. It won't be anything to do with "achieving human intelligence" - that's for Don Quixote's - but much much more modest. On 30 September 2013 20:21, Mike Archbold <[email protected]> wrote: > Today's analogy: "...comparing BRAIN to the Apollo moon shot," > > So now it's just like the Apollo moon shot. Last month the running > analogy was that the BRAIN project was going to be just like mapping > the genome. > > I guess the BRAIN initiative is a good idea, but would be nice to get > some of that $100 million sent my way, and stop comparing it to other > projects. Figuring out the roots of consciousness and thinking is no > moon shot nor a genome project. > > > http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/09/20/brain-science-turns-to-skepticism-as-neurosciences-funding-and-influence-grows-so-do-doubts-over-its-hype/ > > > ------------------------------------------- > AGI > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/6952829-59a2eca5 > 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
