Philip, I think it's important for a mind to master SOME domain (preferably more than one), because advanced and highly effective cognitive schemata are only going to be learned in domains that have been mastered. These cognitive schemata can then be applied in other domains as well, which are understood only to a lesser degree of mastery.
And, as you say, in order for the AI to master some domain, it needs a lot of grounded knowledge in that domain. So, I am skeptical that an AI can really think effectively in ANY domain unless it has done a lot of learning based on grounded knowledge in SOME domain first; because I think advanced cognitive schemata will evolve only through learning based on grounded knowledge... -- Ben > So the way you describe things seems to fit the domain where an AGI > is trying to build mastery but I'm not convinced that the AGI absolutely > needs a high level of grounded knowledge in areas where it is not > building mastery. > > But in areas where the AGI is not building or better still has not > achieved mastery it should exercise humility and caution and not make > any rash decisions that could affect others - because it really doesn't > know how sensible its inherited knowledge is. This seems to me to be > an area where ethics intersects with mind dvelopment and the use of > mind. > > Cheers, Philip > > ------- > To unsubscribe, change your address, or temporarily deactivate > your subscription, > please go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ------- To unsubscribe, change your address, or temporarily deactivate your subscription, please go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
