Benjamin Goertzel writes:
What perplexes me is why so many people seem to hold this opinion ;-)
Because without demonstratable intermediate steps the only evidence that Novamente is making progress toward AGI is your opinion that it is doing so. I think you are comfortable with this, because you probably don't care whether anybody else believes you, we'll believe you when you introduce us to your mind child. Others may not be so confident in their vision being exactly correct and want an objective "reality check" about their work.
What is the demonstrable intermediate step to making an airplane?
Positive lift, demonstrated increases in glide distances, gradually increasing
times staying aloft, etc. It's exactly how (without numerical simulations and so on) that airfoil design, appropriate materials, and so on, were discovered. Nobody built a 747 as the first airplane and crossed their fingers that their theories were right.
Or an explosive device?
Exothermic reaction verification, yield increases, measurability stability improvements, etc. ----- 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
