I would be interested in plugging opencog into my thing to create smart Virtual assistants that work on what I'm calling the NEW web.
Old Web = WWW New Web = GGG I could sell this so easy in silicon valley ... Me: Think About The Internet In 1996 Before Google Existed -- That's where we are in mobile now. We need a new Web. A new model of user experience. We need a new Web that is computable by machines. My view is that it's the right time for a revolution in this space. Data volumes are going to grow by orders of magnitude in the connected world. My concern is that the signal to noise ratio will only get worse unless we can usher in some improvements. We can solve this problem by creating a new Web separable from the previous Web layer (Web 2.0). This is Web 3.0, differentiated from the current Web. If you've ever looked at the Google ads that pop up specifically for you, or had a try of Google Now, you will realize that the predictive powers of AI based on computational statistics are extremely limited. They might be able to pick vaguely the topics/products that are very loosely related to you, but they are completely unable to pick topics/products that are both related to you and of interest to you RIGHT NOW. So instead of getting served ads for random stuff you don't want, you get served ads for slightly less random stuff you don't want blah blah blah shows demo and 80k users in 2 months = $20 million On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 6:28 PM, Ben Goertzel <[email protected]> wrote: > > So what can other AGI entrepreneurs learn from the recent big-$$ infusions > to Deep Mind (via acquisition) and Vicarious (by investment)? > > The main lesson I take from this is the obvious one, that a great **really > working** (not quasi faked up) demo goes a long way... > > Vicarious beat CAPTCHA > > http://www.kurzweilai.net/vicarious-ai-breaks-captcha-turing-test > > -- an accomplishment very easy for any Internet user to understand > > The Deep Mind demo that impressed Larry Page was the ability to beat > simple video games via reinforcement learning > > http://hn.meteor.com/posts/7135816-68640 > > Note that (analogously to IBM Watson), both of these demos involve making > the AI meet a challenge that was not defined by the AI makers themselves, > but was rather judiciously plucked from the space of challenges posed by > the human world.... > > I.e.: doing something easily visually appreciable, that previously only > humans could do... > > Clearly Deep Mind and Vicarious did not excel particularly in terms of > *business model*, as compared to many other firms out there... > > Other, also fairly obvious points from these acquisitions are: > > 1) > For an acquihire-flavored acquisition at a high price, you really want a > team of engineers in a First World country, who look like the profile of > people the acquiring company would want to hire. > > 2) > Having well-connected, appropriately respected early investors goes a long > way. Vicarious and Deep Mind both had Founders Fund investment. Of > course FF investment didn't save Halcyon Molecular, so it's no guarantee, > but having the right early-stage investors is certainly valuable.. > > ... > > -- Ben G > > > > On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 1:13 PM, Ben Goertzel <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> I would prefer to make AGI open source, not within a megacorporation... >> >> >> On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 1:10 PM, Azn A <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> How much have they offered you Ben? If DeepMind can sell for 500 million >>> with just a few ideas, they should be offering you truck loads right? ;) >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 9:04 PM, Piaget Modeler < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> And so it continues. >>>> >>>> 500 million for DeepMind >>>> 40+ million for Vicarious >>>> >>>> Who's next? >>>> >>>> ~PM >>>> >>>> ------------------------------ >>>> Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 20:56:40 -0700 >>>> Subject: [agi] Elon Musk And Mark Zuckerberg Have Invested $40 Million >>>> In a so called Artificial Intelligence Company >>>> From: [email protected] >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> http://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-mark-zuckerberg-invest-in-vicarious-2014-3 >>>> >>>> Does that upset you? aha >>>> *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> >>>> <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/19999924-4a978ccc> | >>>> Modify <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> Your Subscription >>>> <http://www.listbox.com> >>>> *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> >>>> <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/10514698-9a8cda1e> | >>>> Modify <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> Your Subscription >>>> <http://www.listbox.com> >>>> >>> >>> *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> >>> <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/212726-deec6279> | >>> Modify <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> Your Subscription >>> <http://www.listbox.com> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Ben Goertzel, PhD >> http://goertzel.org >> >> "In an insane world, the sane man must appear to be insane". -- Capt. >> James T. Kirk >> >> "Emancipate yourself from mental slavery / None but ourselves can free >> our minds" -- Robert Nesta Marley >> > > > > -- > Ben Goertzel, PhD > http://goertzel.org > > "In an insane world, the sane man must appear to be insane". -- Capt. > James T. Kirk > > "Emancipate yourself from mental slavery / None but ourselves can free our > minds" -- Robert Nesta Marley > *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/10514698-9a8cda1e> | > Modify<https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;>Your Subscription > <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
