As you might know, my interest is data compression. Its relation to AGI is explained in http://cs.fit.edu/~mmahoney/compression/rationale.html To summarize, you need to solve AI to compress text well. I don't pretend to know how to do that. But I do claim that it is a better way to measure intelligence than the Turing test.
I think AGI is a poorly defined goal. You can't ever say if it has been achieved or not. Useful intelligences will not be like the human brain with all its weaknesses, like emotions, biases, slow response times, spelling and arithmetic errors, and limited short term memory that seem necessary to pass the Turing test. If your goal is to use AGI to replace all human labor, then it is only necessary to make it intelligent in areas related to its job. Google far surpasses humans in its ability to answer simple questions, but you would not call it AGI. Perhaps your goal is to extend life by uploading your brain to a computer. But this raises troubling questions about what it means to be alive and why you want to stay that way. Your belief in consciousness and free will, and fear of death, are characteristics of the software in your brain. These could be reprogrammed. Or perhaps your goal is to launch a singluarlity. Wouldn't it be cool to push a button and destroy the human race? -- Matt Mahoney, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- 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
