Hi JP,
Some of us on the list have been made offers by various big companies and refused, preferring to continue our work in the open.... As one renowned AI academic said to me recently (he is not on this list, but has been courted by many large firms recently, and has refused them as well), "What amount of money could compensate for losing the pleasure of sharing?" ;) ben On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 5:42 AM, Jean-Paul Van Belle via AGI < [email protected]> wrote: > *Where is Artificial Intelligence Heading?* > > The view by Kathryn Cave. > > > http://www.idgconnect.com/blog-abstract/6015/where-artificial-intelligence-heading > > > > Interesting quotes: > > “The investments we are seeing [by big companies] are very large because > there is a shortage of expertise in this area. In the UK we are lucky to > have some leading international groups, however the number of true experts > in the UK still numbers in the tens rather than the hundreds.” [JP: *they > obviously haven’t offered big money to most of the posters on this list ;-]* > > […] > > Lawrence is keen to stress “that it is not in industry where the > breakthroughs have happened, but in academia.” > > […] > > “Expectations may currently be too high for the immediate future,” [*JP: > what else is new*] > ------------------------------ > UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN > > This e-mail is subject to the UCT ICT policies and e-mail disclaimer > published on our website at > http://www.uct.ac.za/about/policies/emaildisclaimer/ or obtainable from +27 > 21 650 9111. This e-mail is intended only for the person(s) to whom it is > addressed. If the e-mail has reached you in error, please notify the > author. If you are not the intended recipient of the e-mail you may not > use, disclose, copy, redirect or print the content. If this e-mail is not > related to the business of UCT it is sent by the sender in the sender's > individual capacity. > *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/19237892-5029d625> | > 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 ------------------------------------------- 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
