On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 10:09:14AM -0500, Ben Goertzel wrote: > 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.
In absence of a control group I wouldn't put much value into a surge in spider activity. I serve some 60 GBytes of information, and see the strangest spiders in the logs. While I see the value of AI in data mining and weapon platform control, I would not start wearing a tin hat just now. Especially, if you're a hobbyist. -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org";>leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE ------- To unsubscribe, change your address, or temporarily deactivate your subscription, please go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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