I think the incremental approach makes more sense. Once you've proven yourself with smaller projects, it makes sense to go for bigger ones.
If we are talking about millions of dollars.. The only projects I can think of that justify that are reversible circuit micro processors. Otherwise for software stuff, I think the goal is really on getting mass collaboration of effort. Like has been mentioned creating a complete AGI capable of taking over the job of any given human, would require likely trillions of dollars in man hours. However in opensource libreware people like to do stuff for "free" or for themselves but also to share, so emphasizing this software commons, a collaborative version is I think one way we can achieve that kind of project. A project the whole of humanity can participate in. Thought even that has incremental scaling points, translation software, voting software, collaborative forums, collaborative source code. not sure how crowd funding would do it, but I guess it would help. Truly, Logan On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 2:06 PM, Mike Archbold <[email protected]> wrote: > Don't you think "take over the internet" is a bit much? > > On 10/28/15, Steve Richfield <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I have been learning a LOT while looking for funding - which suggests we > > should all rethink our respective directions. > > > > The Jobs 2012 act made it possible to crowdfund projects not exceeding > $10M > > without going through the whole SEC public offering hassle. Then along > came > > sites like Kickstarter with their own visions for the future which does > NOT > > include larger visions like those shared here. However, there are places > > like EquityNet in which larger ideas appear fundable, provided they don't > > bump up against $10M. > > > > When you look at ENTIRE projects including marketing, patent defense, > etc., > > rather than just getting to a demo, $10M is really tight no matter what > you > > are doing, especially if it involves any R&D. My own project to take over > > the Internet projected $10M when everything foreseeable was added in. > > > > So, I had an idea for an end-around where many of us here could get rich > - > > and be well paid as we get rich. Further, this will provide a stepping > > stone to even bigger things - maybe even an eventual AGI. Chop my project > > up into the separately marketable pieces needed to make the system to > take > > over the Internet, and construct them in separately funded corporations > > under a single umbrella. This way, each startup would be going into this > > with guaranteed customers, etc. The separate startups would include: > > > > 1. The core parsing and recognition technology > > 2. A smart web crawler that also gathers contact information, etc. > > 3. An idiom database with a few thousand common idioms and equivalent > > straightforward text > > 4. A medical database ala DrEliza only greatly extended > > 5. An AI marketing organization > > 6. An Internet sales organization > > 7. etc. > > > > Note that these pieces can be combined in various ways to make several > > strong products, e.g. NO ONE is going to write good code to understand > text > > without the idiom database - and nothing like it now exists. > > You can see the publicly-disclosed parts of the plan by reading the > patent > > at: > > > > http://www.google.com/patents/US8788263 > > > > Also, there are other subsequent applications now in the "mill". > > > > To make this work for you, we would work together to create a > crowdfundable > > entity that you would be in charge of, to actually get paid well to do > the > > work on the part of this project that you choose. These would be > presented > > together as a package, but each would also have a marketing plan to > survive > > and thrive outside of the package. This way, you would start with a > salary > > and customers waiting, rather than building something for nothing, in the > > hope that customers will come, and further, there would have patent > > protection for at least some parts of these projects. > > > > Once you get your part up and running, you will have both money and > > credibility to build your own projects, rather than pieces of something > > else. > > > > Any interest in leading the charge to develop one of these pieces? > > > > Steve > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------- > > AGI > > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > > RSS Feed: > https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/11943661-d9279dae > > 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/303/5037279-a88c7a6d > 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/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
