How much room does your system leave for alternative ways of doing things? Is it a framework with interchangeable modules that conform to a standardized interface?
On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 10:31 PM, Ben Goertzel <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 12:18 PM, Piaget Modeler < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> AI is the future. Anyone else who doesn't have $400 million is out of >> luck, or >> will need to band together and cooperate to do anything of significance. >> >> > Good point. So with that in mind, how about joining forces with OpenCog? > ;) > > Linux shows that an open source initiative can compete with, and in some > ways overtake, well-funded competing corporate initiatives. Windows was > better funded than Linux from the start, yet Linux is now the OS of > supercomputers and the Internet, and BSD (underlying OSX, similar to Linux) > and Linux are gradually penetrating the consumer PC market as well... > > Google's initiative in AGI is admirable and exciting. They are smart > people doing great stuff. But plenty of examples in the history of tech > show that $$ doesn't always bring victory.... > > This new burst of funding for AGI-ish stuff is good news for anyone > seeking $$ for AGI projects, I would think. It demonstrates that some of > the commercial Powers That Be now see proto-AGI work as commercially > valuable. Times are changing. > > -- Ben > > > > $400 million is "momentum". >> >> The only thing that will make them falter, is if they have the wrong >> assumptions. >> But with that much cash, they have plenty of room for mistakes. >> >> ~PM >> >> ------------------------------ >> Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 10:30:36 +0800 >> Subject: [agi] Fwd: Google Alert - artificial intelligence >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> >> >> >> Wow, Google is really trying to consolidate & expand their position in AI >> & robotics... >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: *Google Alerts* <[email protected]> >> Date: Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 10:12 AM >> Subject: Google Alert - artificial intelligence >> To: [email protected] >> >> >> [image: Google] >> <http://www.google.com/alerts?source=alertsmail&hl=en&gl=US&msgid=MTQxMTc1NTkwMjE1NjkzMjMxNjE&s=AB2Xq4jLHt8h99pq9CZKGP9JbALjEsdjjAFrJo0> >> artificial >> intelligence >> Daily update ⋅ January 27, 2014 >> NEWS >> The Verge >> >> <https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.theverge.com/2014/1/26/5348640/google-deepmind-acquisition-robotics-ai&ct=ga&cd=MTQxMTc1NTkwMjE1NjkzMjMxNjE&cad=CAEYAA&usg=AFQjCNE3DuiVPQoN64vkHHyQuhQTGjVJ-A> >> Google Acquires *Artificial Intelligence* Startup DeepMind For >> $400M<https://www.google.com/url?q=http://techcrunch.com/2014/01/26/google-deepmind/&ct=ga&cd=MTQxMTc1NTkwMjE1NjkzMjMxNjE&cad=CAEYAA&usg=AFQjCNF1mmSMDLqLqwpFgZpI0AFOTgJA7Q> >> TechCrunch - Google will pay $400 million to buy London-based *artificial >> intelligence* company DeepMind. 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