I think his book (Emotion Machine) is fairly interesting as cognitive science, but doesn't descend to a fine enough level of granularity to really be considered AGI design...
ben On 10/29/07, Edward W. Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I read about half of Minsky's recent book and found it so general as to be > of little value. > > Ed. Porter > > -----Original Message----- > From: rooftop8000 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 12:15 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [agi] Minsky and the AI emergency > > > so he's gonna start his own project with the designs in his book, if he > finds funding? > > --- Bob Mottram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > This recent talk by Marvin Minsky may be of interest. > > > > http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/484 > > > > I know some folks on this list have talked about ways of evangelizing > > the AGI effort. The idea that we really need to build smarter > > machines to maintain our standards of living in the face of > > demographic change and increasing longevity may be a good way of > > popularizing the topic in a public arena and injecting some sense of > > urgency. > > > > ----- > > 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/?&; > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > ----- > 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/?&; > ----- 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=58688997-334ca9
