Hi all, Sorry about that SPAM, I am a bit perplexed as the list is already configured to allow posts by subscribers only. And
[EMAIL PROTECTED] is not and never was subscribed to the list. I have contacted customer support at listbox and I presume they will be able to tell me how to solve the problem. Thanks for your tolerance, y'all ... Ben On 12/22/05, Eugen Leitl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 09:09:32PM -0800, Mike Williams wrote: > > Why are we getting this PayPal message over and over? Can't this be > > stopped? > > Extremely annoying it is, yes. > > Some joker has apparently subscribed a paypal account ([EMAIL PROTECTED] > or somesuch) to the list. Perhaps the list owner should review the > subscripion process, and limit postings to subscriber-only. > > > PayPal Customer Service 1 wrote: > > > > > >Thank you for contacting PayPal Customer Service. > > > > > >In an effort to assist you as quickly and efficiently as possible, please > > >direct all customer service inquires through our website. Click on the > > >hyperlink below to go to the PayPal website. 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PayPal(Europe) Limited is > > >authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority in the UK as > > >an electronic money institution. > > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > >Note: When you click on links in this email, you will be asked to log into > > >your PayPal Account. As always, make sure that you are logging into a > > >secure PayPal page by looking for 'https://www.paypal.com/' at the > > >beginning of the URL. > > > > > >Please do not reply to this e-mail. Mail sent to this address will not be > > >answered. > > > > > >******************************************** > > >Original Email: > > >Mark: > > > > > >>MY LITTLE AGI PROJECT > > >> > > >>Since I started my studies I was interested in AI and creating AGI, thus > > > > > >I > > > > > >>tried to learn as much as possible about various AI disciplines, to unify > > >>them later. In my spare time, I am working on a Production Rule System > > > > > >with > > > > > >>reasoning abilities, which I plan to program/teach for the usage of > > > > > >various > > > > > >>AI techniques (such as EA, RL, classification, unsupervised learning...), > > > > > >to > > > > > >>evolve and develop the rules and facts in the system. I am interested > > > > > >about > > > > > >>your opinion about a system like this. > > > > > >Your system sounds interesting, although it's not an entire AGI framework. > > >You're on the right track trying to unify various AI approaches (such as > > >planning, reasoning, perception, etc). I have some basic ideas of how to > > >build an AGI, but my project is still in its infancy. I'd welcome other > > >researchers to join my open source project. > > >My AGI theory is based on the compression of sensory experience, and the > > >basic operation is pattern recognition. Traditional production rule > > >systems > > >may be a bit too limited because they cannot perform probabilistic > > >inference, or statistical pattern recognition. > > >Right now we're focusing on vision, which turns out to be extremely hard. > > >Re your analysis of AGI social issues: I think there should be some sort > > >of > > >built-in AGI mechanisms that prevents it from doing harmful things, > > >although > > >the exact form of it is still unclear to me. The folks at SIAI have > > >thought > > >about this issue much more intensely, but I think their vision is a bit > > >over > > >the top. > > >Secondly I agree that AGI may create more social inequality between those > > >who knows how to exploit AGI and those who are left behind. I'm afraid > > >this > > >is also inevitable. The best we can do is to try to ameliorate such > > >effects. The good side to it is that AGI will be very easy to use because > > >it can understand human language. > > >Cheers, > > >yky > > >------- > > >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] > -- > 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] > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFDqltJdbAkQ4sp9r4RArxiAJ9RQHr+D8mhBCI+AeG9rwf4VS1WWwCfU1PK > KwqSs/waoHN+3X8tNUDXGW0= > =0tmt > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > ------- To unsubscribe, change your address, or temporarily deactivate your subscription, please go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
