Matt - We're not just p-zombies on this list - we really feel the pain and can route distributed psi messages to each other :)
John -----Original Message----- From: Matt Mahoney [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, December 4, 2013 4:39 PM To: AGI Subject: Re: [agi] Should we remove trolls from this list? I was including myself on the list of people not contributing to AGI. My research interest is in estimating the cost. One of the techniques I use is to measure text prediction accuracy (an AI problem) as a function of computing power. This research takes a long time. Sorry if it looks like I am not contributing much. On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 4:26 PM, John Rose <[email protected]> wrote: > Matt, > > Just so you know, you're another one on this list with the same old > repetitive arguments. Like your umpteen quadrillion dollar argument, > which is financially interesting but you keep harping on it over and > over and do little to expand upon and breathe life into it. As well as > the endless rehashing and fixation of compression as intelligence > which is mathematically sound in some ways but c'mon man there is more > to it than that. > > Then you say Ben is alone which he is definitely not and you also > repetitively put down AGI'ers and complain about this and that but you > keep posting the same old broken record-like comments. > > And your closed mindedness on Psi... > > Do you expect optimistic responses to your observations? > > John > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Mahoney [mailto:[email protected]] > > I miss the good old days when there were several people actively > contributing to AGI, either doing research or writing code. Now there > is just Ben. So should we just dissolve the list? Or should we keep it > around, maybe just to crush the dreams of young grad students excited > to work on finally solving this age-old problem? > > > -- Matt Mahoney, [email protected] > > > > > > ------------------------------------------- > AGI > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: > https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/3701026-786a0853 > Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; Powered by > Listbox: http://www.listbox.com -- -- Matt Mahoney, [email protected] ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/248029-3b178a58 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
