Ben Goertzel wrote: > And I'm a huge advocate of the "integrative" approach. > My feeling is that maybe half of the ingredients of > an AGI are things that were created for other (usually > narrow AI) purposes and can be used, not "off the shelf", > but with only moderate rather than severe modifications. > The other half are things that are certainly *related* > to known science, but are unique to AGI, without a > significant use as "standalone" systems.
For the most part I agree with you (at least, until narrow-AI technology becomes more common in commercial apps). I do, however, think that a lot of people take this as an excuse to just write everything themselves. In particular, I've noticed people tend to invent their own network protocols, database systems, and other basic building blocks despite the fact that in most cases they would be better off just buying a commercial product. IMHO this is a complete waste of effort - an AI team should spend as much of its time as possible solving AI problems, not trying to optimize their file IO. Billy Brown ------- To unsubscribe, change your address, or temporarily deactivate your subscription, please go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?[EMAIL PROTECTED]
