On 6/6/07, Joel Pitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
YKY,
A suggestion, if you really are motivated by $$ and getting rich, why
not focus on other much easier problems that will still potentially
make you bucket-loads money?
I have this slightly crazy idea of selling the project's AGI prototype
software *en bloc* even when it is not very useful, as a toy for users to
explore. This may actually generate income if users find it interesting.
I guess everyone has slightly different ambitions, priorities, and
circumstances. I plan to work on AGI full-time (as I'm not good at anything
else!) and thus I need to make money from it. I also really want to earn
what is commensurate to my input, an insistence not shared by some here.
Contra to you, I wanted to spend time on AGI, but wasn't motivated by
money. However, the easiest path I can foresee, where I'm able to work
on AGI, is to make money through one of several business ideas, or
just earn large amounts of cash for a global consultancy firm. Once I
have enough to either: spend several years working voluntarily on an
AGI project, or have enough to assist in funding one (possibly
Novamente, since I spent some time playing with it for a grad project
and generally agree with the direction Ben's been taking it); then
I'll change on to the track I really want to be on.
My AGI ideas are very close to Ben's, but I'm not sure if he'll accept my
suggestions if I work for him. And I can already see some superficial
differences in our AGIs. That's why I'm vacillating between starting a new
project or joining Novamente...
YKY
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