THERE IS A REAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NOW AND 20 YEARS AGO. FIRST WE WILL HAVE ROUGHLY BRIAN LEVEL HARDWARE AT COMMERCIALLYH VIABLE PRICES IN A FEW YEARS.
SECOND, MANY OF US HAVE A MUCH MORE DETAILED IDEA OF HOW TO ATTACK ALMOST ALL OF THE HARD PROBLEMS IN AGI. Edward W. Porter Porter & Associates 24 String Bridge S12 Exeter, NH 03833 (617) 494-1722 Fax (617) 494-1822 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Richard Loosemore [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 4:45 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [agi] More public awarenesss that AGI is coming fast Edward W. Porter wrote: > In todays KurzweilAI.net mailing list is a link to an article in > which > British Telecoms futurologist is predicting conscious machines by 2015 > and one brighter than people by 2020. > > I think these predictions are very reasonable, and the fact that a > furturologist for a major company is making this statement to the public > in his capacity as an employee of such a major company indicates the > extent to which the tide is turning. As I have said before on this > list: The race has begun. > > (The article isnt really that valuable in terms of explaining things > those on this list have not already heard or thought of, but is its > evidence of the changing human collective consciousness on subjects > relating to the singularity. Its link is > ___http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1028029695;fp;;fpid;;pf;1_ ) I think the same guy made the same prediction when I met him at a workshop 20 years ago. Richard Loosemore ----- 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/?&; ----- 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=8660244&id_secret=54746373-dd3a2d
