It was ironic to see Steve mention the Forbin Project - I was thinking about that recently - though there may also have been another movie at the time with the same idea, if anyone can remember.
The central idea of the AGI database genius - the computer that's going to solve the problems of the world (for good or bad) - has probably shaped AGI-ers' thinking more than any other. This wonderful little box is going to reason with extreme wisdom and come up with brilliant solutions to everything. It's cobblers, total cobblers. No bodiless brain is going to come up with a *single* new idea about anything - will even be able to work out how to pick up toy bricks scattered on the floor - a really fundamental but fairly simple problem for the infant brick-builder. And as for reasoning say about the current US legislature impasse, say .... Total madness. Total disconnect from the reality of how every field of knowledge grows.. ------------------------------------------- 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
