One reason against is that Worldcomp hides their proceedings behind paywalls "http://www.world-academy-of-science.org/worldcomp15/ws/publications";
On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 12:44 AM, Steve Richfield <[email protected] > wrote: > I am at WORLDCOMP this week. I attended a panel entitled "Virtual > Intelligence vs. Artificial Intelligence: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly" > today. This apparently also occurred at last year's WORLDCOMP, but I didn't > attend last year. > > By Artificial Intelligence they were referring to AGI. By Virtual > Intelligence they were referring to weak AI. The discussions were > reminiscent of early discussions here on the AGI forum, so having been > through years of this stuff on this forum, I was the shining light in this > discussion. Yea, I know, I am a poor advocate for AGI, but I did what I > could, pointing out this forum, Novamente, etc., etc. > > WORLDCOMP is THE biggest multi-disciplinary computer-related conference in > the world - but there is no AGI representation there. Someone should wake > up and submit a paper that brings AGI to WORLDCOMP and to the world, e.g. > explaining Novamente, et al. > > Another possibility might be to put the AGI conference under the WORLDCOMP > umbrella, as 20 other conferences have already done. > > I am NOT a passionate promoter of AGI, but I think the interests of > everyone associated with AGI would be advanced if AGI could at least be > well represented at WORLDCOMP. > > If someone (like YOU Ben) wants to step forward and close this gap, I have > all of the contact information needed to make this happen. > > Any interest? > > Steve > > *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/26973278-698fd9ee> | > 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
