On Friday 19 October 2007 03:32:46 pm, Benjamin Goertzel wrote: > ... my strong feeling is that we can progress straight to > powerful AGI right now without first having to do anything like > > -- define a useful, rigorous definition of intelligence > -- define a pragmatic IQ test for AGI's
I largely agree. It's worth pointing out that Carnot published "Reflections on the Motive Power of Fire" and established the science of thermodynamics more than a century after the first working steam engines were built. That said, I opine that an intuitive grasp of some of the important elements in what will ultimately become the science of intelligence is likely to be very useful to those inventing AGI. Watt, for example, had an intuitive grasp of some thermodynamics issues when he introduced the separate condenser (about halfway between the first engines and Carnot), doubling the efficiency at a single stroke. Josh ----- 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=55583752-9e9c1d
