>It would be interesting to see what basic interests and views the members of >this list hold. For a few people, published works answer this pretty >clearly but that's not true for most list members. >
Hi, I'm a software and information guy. I've lived, eaten, and breathed software and information. In my late teens (early eighties) I realized that math is where the answers are at for certain high end software (though I'm really not that good at math :). What I usually do is work for a couple years, typically contracting myself out on doing computer telephony systems and applications, save money, then write my own software for as long as I can afford. I did recently do a 5 1/2 year stint in CTI/VOIP R&D while starting a family. I also have pursued compression algorithms in the past but those have tended to turn me into an isolated and unstable individual :) I'm 2 weeks away from going full time on my 3rd prototype in the 3rd different language (this time C# with c++) of a human/computer interactive intelligent hunter/gatherer information agent that I've been at on and off since 2001. As I write this email I'm building a Speech Recognition/TTS IVR for a pharmaceutical company... just rolling it live. I consider myself an entry level AGIer but have been following along (lurking) for at least 10 years. I feel strongly that many of the answers in AGI design lie in group theory and category theory in addition to the usual statistics, graphs, and basic AI; as well as in the engineering problems with languages, OS, hardware, network, etc.. In addition to the economic prospects of AGI I think there are the more serious human issues related and the people that come up with the first AGIs can fix and prevent a lot of problems in the world. John ________________________________________________________________ Sent via the WebMail system at polyplexic.com ----- 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
