Did Demis really say AGI is hundreds of years away? That surprises me....
I think Ng actually believes AGI is far off, he's conservative but I believe he's a straight shooter. I don't know Yann and Christof F2F so I don't have a strong opinion on their attitudes... -- Ben On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 8:13 AM, Calum Chace <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, but Austin, of all places. > > Ben, why do you think Yann LeCun, Andrew Ng, Christof Koch and Demis > Hassabis have all been lining up to say that AGI is hundreds of years > away? Are they worried about this sort of reaction? > > On 17 March 2015 at 01:10, Ben Goertzel via AGI <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> And of course it has to be in Texas 8-D ... >> >> On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 5:17 AM, Piaget Modeler via AGI <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Straight out of Stephen Spielberg's film: A.I. >>> >>> ~PM >>> >>> > Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 12:59:25 -0700 >>> > Subject: Re: [agi] AI Protest in Texas >>> > From: [email protected] >>> > To: [email protected] >>> >>> > >>> > On 3/16/15, Aaron Hosford <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > > This sort of thing was predicted 50 years ago. >>> > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butlerian_Jihad >>> > > >>> > > Nonetheless, yes, mind blowing. >>> > > >>> > > On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 11:41 AM, Mike Archbold via AGI < >>> [email protected]> >>> > > wrote: >>> > > >>> > >>> > Bultlerian, named after a guy from Stanwood, WA. I'm not far from >>> > there, actually, and there is a beautiful old Scandinavian farming >>> > community there, with falling down barns and images of tall blonde >>> > girls. >>> > >>> > A woman in the building I live in told me I have to find Jesus right >>> > away after she took a look at my book, presently at position about >>> > 5,000,000 on amazon. If I don't find Jesus right away it is all over. >>> > >>> > What a strange world. >>> > >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> http://en.yibada.com/articles/19837/20150316/humans-hold-anti-ai-robot-protest-sxsw-texas.htm >>> > >> >>> > >> I find this kind of mind blowing. Down with robots? Down with AI? >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> ------------------------------------------- >>> > >> AGI >>> > >> Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now >>> > >> RSS Feed: >>> > >> https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/23050605-2da819ff >>> > >> 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/303/19999924-4a978ccc >>> > 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> >>> <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 >> >> "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one >> persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress >> depends on the unreasonable man." -- George Bernard Shaw >> *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> >> <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/26879140-5b8435c3> | >> Modify >> <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> >> Your Subscription <http://www.listbox.com> >> > > > > -- > Regards > > Calum > > -- Ben Goertzel, PhD http://goertzel.org "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man." -- George Bernard Shaw ------------------------------------------- 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
