Hi all,
AGIRI (www.agiri.org) has launched a new email list, intended to
parallel rather than duplicate the existing AGI ([email protected])
list.
The new list is called the Singularity list
([EMAIL PROTECTED]), and is intended to focus, not on
technical discussions of AGI systems, but rather on the Singularity
and related conceptual and scientific issues.
If you would like to sign up for this list, you may go to the form at
http://www.agiri.org/email/
In the unlikely case that the notion of the Singularity is new to you,
check out links such as
http://www.kurzweilai.net
http://www.kheper.net/topics/singularity/links.htm
http://www.singinst.org/what-singularity.html
http://www.goertzel.org/dynapsyc/2004/PositiveTranscension.htm
Of course, the dividing line between Singularity issues and AGI issues
is not fully crisp, but there are plain cases that lie on either side,
e.g.
** examples of AGI-list issues would be: technical discussions of
knowledge representation strategies or learning algorithms
** examples of Singularity-list issues would be: discussions of
Friendly AI which don't pertain to specifics of AGI architectures;
discussions of non-AGI Singularity topics like nanotech or biotech, or
Singularity-relevant sociopolitical issues
There is of course some overlap between this new Singularity list and
existing lists such as SL4, extropy and wta-talk, and forums such as
kurzweilai.net; but I believe there is value in having an email
discussion list that focuses specifically on the Singularity, and
without a strong bias toward any particular point of view regarding
the Singularity. (Though, one may expect some statistical bias toward
discussions of AGI and the Singularity, due to the relationship of the
Singularity list with AGIRI.)
Discussion on the new list can be expected to be slow at first as the
subscriber base builds up, but will likely accelerate before too long,
in good Internet style ;-)
Yours,
Ben Goertzel
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