Based on my somewhat but not completely thorough understanding of the US military/intel community (I live near DC, have done some consulting for the community, and know a lot of folks involved with it), I find it very unlikely that they are seriously pursuing AGI R&D. However, *watching* people involved with AGI is a lot simpler to carry out, and I have little doubt this is occurring.
-- Ben On 12/19/05, Mark Horvath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I think this is natural. I would do the same, if my job would be to lead the > creation of AGI in any group you have mentioned; try to collect the best > brains, and monitor (and store) all important development happening. And > they have more money for the job than any university, or other research > facilities, groups. And also, I dont think they are publishing all their > results, so they have a some advantage in creating the first AGI (but > luckily there are a lot of civil competitors). > > I can only hope that at least the first AGI will be friendly (for all > humanity, and not a company or state), since in general they will be selfish > concerning their owner (except if regulated centrally, like by Asimov). > > Bests, > Márk > > > > On 12/18/05, Shane Legg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > My AGI ideas continue to brew away, as they have done for many years. > > I like to keep a fairly low profile for a few reasons, one being that > every year > > I realise how little I knew the previous year! I am however busy in my > thesis > > area of theoretical models of universal super intelligence (AIXI etc.) and > so > > publish and turn up in magazines etc. from time to time. I also write a > blog > > that gets a fair amount of daily traffic. > > > > Recently, however, it seems that I've somehow come to the attention of > > certain groups. To start with I thought that the hits I was getting from > various > > military and military related companies were just random and part of the > > growing number of hits that my blog and website were getting. But things > > have since become more systematic, with military related aerospace > > companies, various military bases and even a certain five sided building > > doing automated scans of my research site, downloading my papers and > > also scanning my blog. > > > > Yeah I know, that sounds crazy. I mean, if these people wanted to watch > > me, they wouldn't be scanning my stuff using a computer with a Pentagon > > or other high profile DNS addresses right? I'm sure that if they really > wanted > > to watch me they would be far more sneaky and I'd never know about it. > > I can only presume that for what ever reason, they don't mind me knowing > > that I'm being watched. I've also found out through other channels that I > > have attracted some interest. So they aren't being very secret about it. > > > > Anyhow, I presume that the reason I'm attracting attention has something > > to do with my research interests in models of super intelligence, AGI and > > so on. I can't imagine that anything else about me could be of the > slightest > > interest to them at all. > > > > Which brings me to my question: Are we (people interested in AGI) > > being watched? > > > > I'd always just presumed that we weren't considered very interesting, > > at least, not yet. > > > > Shane > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > 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] > > ------- To unsubscribe, change your address, or temporarily deactivate your subscription, please go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
