Ben, Probably my fault. I was so disappointed by its lack of detail, redunancy, verbiage, and statement of the obvious (at least to me) that perhaps I didn't look hard enough for the valuable message, if there was one.
Ed -----Original Message----- From: Benjamin Goertzel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 12:43 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [agi] Minsky and the AI emergency 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] <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/? <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/? <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/? <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/? <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=58692279-14ea48
