On 5/11/07, Russell Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Mind you, the free/commercial and closed/open-source decisions are
separate ones. They're strategic decisions; there's nothing about the problem that intrinsically requires either, it's a matter of coming up with a strategy that can let the participants pay the rent while they work on the project, without compromising its usefulness. That's separate from the technical necessity for focused framework, industry-wide content.
Yes, we should divide the AGI goal into RESEARCH and SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, and the research part should be largely finished before the software part starts. Open_source_ is basically a method for solving the software development problem (and I believe it's superior to closed-source), but it has not much to do with the research aspects. Ben may claim that he has solved the AGI research problem, but there's the danger of having sloppy theories and being deluded that it'll work. If you don't put it up for public scrutiny it's not easy to know. YKY ----- 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
