Of course compression is not a requirement for AGI. I just think it is a useful tool for development.
--- Benjamin Goertzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > For instance, if someone built a robotic dog that was as good as a real > > dog > > > at perception, > > > cognition and action, I would consider that a big step toward powerful > > AGI. > > > But dogs really > > > suck at compression. (Yeah, their brains may carry out compression > > > operations internally. > > > But, if you give a dog an explicit compression problem to solve, it will > > not > > > give a very > > > useful or impressive answer...) > > > > How will you develop and test the vision and hearing systems? Does your > > system extract the right features? If so, your reconstructed inputs > > should be > > perceptually indistinguishable (at least to a real dog). > > > > But who says the system will be able to reconstruct its inputs? > > Can a dog reconstruct its inputs? > > I don't think either of my dogs can.... I just asked my 2 year old Golden > Retriever to do so, > and she gave me a cute but quite uncomprehending look... > > What you are talking about seems to be NOT > -- AGI systems that are compressors > but rather > -- the ability of smart engineers to use the internal mechanisms of some AGI > system to make a compressor > > Then your intelligence test gets complex, and becomes something like "a > system is an AGI if a suitably smart engineer can use its internals to make > a great compressor, without having to add on too much" > > -- Ben g > > ----- > 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/?&; -- 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/?member_id=231415&user_secret=fabd7936
