Ben wrote: > Having said that, I would still prefer to avoid the VC route for Novamente.
An other route that Novamente is apparently exploring, is that of open source development, with OpenCog. It will be very interesting to see how it pans out, what level of interest and involvement from the larger developer community it garners, etc. And to bring this thread back somewhat to its origin, the economical viability of AGI projects is obviously relevant to the public, as investors in publicly quoted companies, in capitalistic societies with a widely spread mass of institutional or individual shareholders. To many an Open Source AGI project is the most dangerous path, for the knowledge in the open enables anybody to accelerate their route to evil, and for others it is the only way, through spreading the knowledge to make sure that we have an equally wide understanding of best defenses. In this way the economical model of AGI development is intimately tied to its possible public perception. -------- David Orban www.davidorban.com skype davidorban sl davidorban On 10/19/07, Benjamin Goertzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > AGI is poorly suited for venture capital in every case I can think > > of. Ignoring everything else, it tends to leave the venture > > constantly begging for capital which has serious consequences on > > performance and reputation. It is a Catch-22, though perhaps well- > > deserved. > > > > In short, traditional venture capital is a poor finance model for > > AGI. Which does not suggest other finance models. > > > I think that AGI for agent control in virtual worlds is not so hopeless > in terms of appealing to VC's ... there's a real market there, and there's > clearly a situation where more and more powerful AGI can yield more and > more profits... > > Having said that, I would still prefer to avoid the VC route for Novamente. > > I have talked to a number of VC's in recent months -- and by and large they > want to pigeonhole us as a company that forever will be focused on whatever > our first product is gonna be.... (If your first product is for instance an > animal > in virtual worlds then -- bingo! -- you're a virtual animal company!!) > > VC's in nearly all cases don't have a long time horizon, so to find an AGI > opportunity that synergizes with their needs requires a good bit of luck... > > -- Ben > > > ________________________________ > 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=55278091-615d4f
