On 17/03/07, YKY (Yan King Yin) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
PS -- remember also the history of UNIVAC. Eckert and Mauchly made some ground-breaking progress in early computing, including the stored-program concept which somehow was stolen / co-discovered by von Neumann. Later von Neumann joined IBM and they developed the even more successful system 360. Note: 360 means "well-rounded" which actually means the same as "universal" in UNIVAC. Again a prime example of a good idea and much effort being duplicated and overtaken.
This sort of stuff is going to happen anyway, whether you like it or not. If Ben was able to demonstrate even a moderate level of success with his AGI design I'm sure many other companies and bigger organisations would suddenly start taking a lot of interest, if only for the reason that AI related projects have made very little real progress in the past (despite the many proclamations to the contrary). Successful inventions are always copied and improved upon. It's the nature of technological development. ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?list_id=303
