Human-like general intelligence of a child? What exactly does that mean? The process by which children turn experience into knowledge is exactly the same, point for point, as the process by which those whom we call scientist make scientific knowledge. Children observe, they wonder, they speculate, and they ask themselves questions. They up possible answers, they make theories, they hypothesize, and then they test theories by asking questions or by further observations or experiments or reading. Then they modify the theories as needed, or reject them, and the process continues. This is what in "grown-up" life is called the: Scientific Method.
On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 7:10 PM, Ben Goertzel <[email protected]> wrote: > I think there will be a gradual evolution from early-stage AGIs (that > have, very roughly speaking, the human-like general intelligence of a > child + specialized computational capability in certain domains), to > advanced AGIs that can reprogram their code and autonomously have huge > impact on the world.... > > Historically speaking, if this evolution takes 5-10 years it could > still be continued "virtually instant.'" But from our perspective as > humans, 5-10 years of this sort of "Semi-hard takeoff" could involve a > lot of interesting dynamics > > -- Ben > > On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 10:05 AM, just camel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Do you really believe that any AGI system would care to create revenues > for > > Google? You might end up being as disappointed as cockroaches are with us > > for not hanging out with them behind the refrigerator? > > > > Apparently you expect there to be a reasonably long timespan between > > arriving at true AGI and AGI developing consciousness/spirituality? Can > you > > explain your train of though? How is the AGI supposed to solve our > problems > > (in a general way) while at the same time being incapable of reasoning > about > > what it is doing? That sounds very AI to me. > > > > > > > > On 03/23/2014 11:37 PM, Matt Mahoney wrote: > >> > >> The obvious application of AGI is automating human labor. The ROI over > >> 15 years of world GDP should be about $1 quadrillion. I find it > >> curious that companies investing heavily in AI like Google, Facebook, > >> and IBM won't even invest $1 million in OpenCog. Are they really > >> setting odds of success at a billion to one against? > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------- > > AGI > > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/212726-deec6279 > > Modify Your Subscription: > > https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > > Powered by Listbox: 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 > > > ------------------------------------------- > AGI > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/10514698-9a8cda1e > 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
