"Linus Torvalds was approached by NSA for backdoor in Linux - Nils Torvalds (father of Linus)" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwRYyWn7BEo
On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 5:26 AM, Anastasios Tsiolakidis < [email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 1:29 AM, Ben Goertzel <[email protected]> wrote: > >> once that core version has been excitingly > > > I can't believe this crap thread has been going on and on, the gist being > why Hassabis is richer than Ben, well, because Hassabis is smarter, are we > done Azn? > > I don't really buy the excitement around playing old Atari games, anyone > who is into game research probably has seen that a lot of people are > looking into generic approaches, Monte Carlo simulations come to mind, > without any pretence or potential for AGI. Disclaimer: a synthetic mind > operating in a multi-agent world with compounded uncertainties will > probably use Monte Carlo tools, but I do expect the agents to be modelled > explicitly. For the same reasons I am sceptical of any system that "knows > what a cat looks like or what a cat is" since AGI boils down to, among > other things, identifying and "reverse engineering" the agents in its > envirionment, a process much more "magical" than image statistics. > > So we'll go with uncle Ben's theory that it is acqui-hire, I haven't seen > or heard of any of the hires but, in my distorted little world, I can't > think of anyone I would hire "automatically" over a generic IT/MSc/PhD guy > or gal, it is more about sharing the vision and the roadmap rather than > finding the AGI Einsteins and Anastasios ;) . Similarly I am deeply > bamboozled by what mathematics will go into AGI, though I'd love to have > the superpower to know which parts sum up to much more than those same > parts. > > Finally Azn, you should ask for permission before publishing photos of > mine > http://iacknowledge.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/homeless-and-addiction.jpg > > > AT > *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/18167857-1c160499> | > 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
