On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 2:36 PM, Steve Richfield <[email protected]> wrote:
> Ben, > > > If the OpenCog design is basically right, then still we have maybe > 200-300 human-years > > Burdened at $200K/yr (a really small value) that works out to $40M-$60M, > But I can hire good C++ developers for US$7500/year all overheads included, in our AI/robotics development office in Addis Ababa.... Costs in, say, Chengdu are only double that. No need to work in overpriced places like Silicon Valley. > which is TOO BIG to fund without an established cash flow, unless you can > demonstrate magic like Facebook has done. Anything over $10M MUST be done > as a public offering that requires SEC scrutiny that is there to BLOCK > companies with big dreams but nothing to show. > That's untrue, actually... > > > > If your goal is to make a lot of $$ then whether OSS is the right > approach is arguable. > > YES - THIS explains our argument. Until SOMEONE here makes a BIG bundle of > money, AGI isn't going to go anywhere. I would rather NOT be that person, > but no one else seems to be steeping into this role. > Actually Demis Hassabis has stepped into that role pretty nicely... But Linux has prevailed without selling out to big companies (and without Torvalds getting insanely rich, for that matter). And so may an OSS AGI initiative, if things go well... -- Ben ------------------------------------------- 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
