Robert Wensman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I would like to share my attempt to
define AGI, and some thoughts on how it would be possible to design an AGI. I
have been following this mailing list quietly for the last weeks, and I believe
that maybe it is the right place to get some interesting feedback from AGI
enthusiasts.
Attempt to define General Intelligence
A general intelligent system is an eco-system of memeplexes aimed at:
1.
Representing the outside world consistently with perceived sensory data. 2.
Representing actions that would, according to memeplexes from 1:
a. Influence the outside world towards a definable goal.
b. Explore the outside world, to bring in possibly useful knowledge.
Here meme should be understood as in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme, and
eco-system as a system of evolutionary processes upon populations of memes.
Furthermore, if an eco-system is aimed at something, it means that this is what
governs the selection process in the eco system.
Note that my attempt to define intelligence does not imply any form of
behaviour. Personally I reject the general idea of defining intelligence based
on expected behaviour. I feel it is enough for intelligence to know what could
be done, and what it would lead to, rather than include an imperative to act.
For an intelligence to know what is possible actions it must model those and
think about those internally, and model that beahavior, and I would argue that
all intelligence is about the behavior that the internal cognition brings.
You cant really have an intelligence I dont believe without behaviour, can you
have behaviour without some form of intelligence?
The simple act of talking and responding to a question is action and behavior,
and without it, you cant realy determine if something is intelligent or not.
Memes - It looks like the meme people want to somehow shoehorn "knowledge" into
being a "meme" or memeplex
A meme (IPA: /miːm/) is a unit of cultural information that propagates
from one mind to another as a theoretical unit of cultural evolution and
diffusion, analogous to the way a gene propagates from one organism to another
as a unit of genetic information and evolution.
First it says memes are a "cultural unit" but then go on to encompass just
about all types of information / knowledge.
A generic "information unit" sounds better, and doesnt have to have the
restrictions and/or extra effects that a meme seems to have.
Otherwise welcome to the AGI group, and maybe we can expound on some of the
other thoughts you have.
James
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