"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?"
Is Ben the only guy here with an AGI project? On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 2:26 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/303/10514698-9a8cda1e> | > 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
