This is similar to the thread I was workign on recently about "Goals" that didnt get quite as far as I would have liked either.
1. For use as testing metrics or for our personal goals of What an AGI should achieve, or what is important these goals or classes of problems should be defined as well as we possibly can. A couple obvious upper level classes are Navigation - in a real or virtual world. Natural Language - speaking, reading, talking Basic Problems Solving - given a simple, problem find a solution. 2. More specific for your AGI, What do you see the virtual pets doing? Specifically as end user functions for the consumer, the selling points you would give them, and how the AGI would help these functions. Is it going to be a rich enough situation in general to display more than just a blocks world type of "pet, go fetch me the blue ball over there" James Ratcliff Benjamin Goertzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 5/1/07, Mike Tintner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: No, I keep saying - I'm not asking for the odd narrowly-defined task - but rather defining CLASSES of specific problems that your/an AGI will be able to tackle. Well, we have thought a lot about -- virtual agent control in simulation worlds (both pets and humanlike avatars) -- natural language question answering -- recognition of patterns in large bodies of scientific data Part of the definition task should be to explain how if you can solve one kind of problem, then you will be able to solve other distinct kinds. We can certainly explain that re Novamente, but IMO it is not the best way to get across how the system works to others with a technical interest in AGI. It may well be a useful mode of description for marketing purposes, however. 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/?&; _______________________________________ James Ratcliff - http://falazar.com Looking for something... --------------------------------- Never miss an email again! Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. Check it out. ----- 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
