A fun demo of a previous project of him : http://www.media.mit.edu/cogmac/videos/ripley%20grasping%20objects_sm.mov
Pei On 10/30/07, Benjamin Goertzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I love Deb Roy and think his work is wonderful, but one thing he does NOT > have is a coherent design for an AGI ... > > As I understand it, what he's doing now is aimed at gathering loads of > speech data, for later analysis... > > His prior work on robotics and symbol grounding was also really cool, but > seemed to be restricted to stuff like grounding the word "apple" in sets of > robot-vision-inputs corresponding to pictures of apples.... He wasn't > dealing with grounding of abstract relationships, prepositional > relationships, etc. Which IMO is an illustration of the point that dealing > with robotics can be a huge hassle in itself, even if the AI issues one is > investigating are pretty simple.... (Although the rewards of dealing with > real robots are also obvious ...) > > -- Ben G > > > > On Oct 30, 2007 10:33 AM, Edward W. Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Deb Roy at the MIT media lab, and his The Human Speechome Project , are > supposed to have garnered the following resources for a major AI task. Deb > Roy is a very, repeat very, bright guy, at this point in time probably much > brighter than Minsky. > > > > > > more than 3,000 Seagate SATA drives, more than 300 Hammer Z-Rack storage > enclosures, more than 100 Marvell-based 10G/GbE switches, and about 400 > blade processors . High-performance storage I/O anticipates the processing > of 700 terabytes of data during each 12-hour overnight analytical run > > > > The following blurbs give some idea of what this hardware is to be used > for > > > > > > The Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is > developing what the university claims is one of the world's largest data > storage arrays . > > > > The storage array is being constructed for the Media Lab's ambitious Human > Speechome Project. The array will be used to collect and analyze video and > audio data for a research project designed to better understand early > childhood cognitive development, according to MIT. > > > > This project focuses on the acquisition and analysis of massive > audio-video recordings of human activity in home situations . We are > creating a unique infrastructure for efficiently storing and managing > millions of hours of audio and video, semi-automated meta-data creation, and > statistical machine learning of cross-modal patterns. Applications include > computational modeling of situated language acquisition and other > social/behavioral activities, personal memory augmentation, audio/video > content management, and audio/video analysis for security . > > > > The goal of the Cognitive Machines group is to create systems that engage > in fluid, situated, meaningful communication with human partners . We seek > to understand and model the processes by which words are grounded in the > physical world as a result of embodied perception, action, and learning. > These models are applied to create situated human-machine interfaces. We > also use our computational models as a source of predictions and possible > accounts for a number of cognitive phenomena including aspects of children's > language acquisition, concept formation, and attention . > > > > 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: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 8:58 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [agi] Minsky and the AI emergency > > > > > > > > > > > > Joshua Fox wrote: > > > Surely Marvin Minsky -- a top MIT professor, with a world-beating > > > reputation in multiple fields -- can snap his fingers and get all the > > > required funding, whether commercial or non-profit, for AGI projects > > > which he initiates or supports? > > > > > > Joshua > > > > No: he was outflanked by the arrival of the "Neat" AI crowd some 15-20 > > years ago. Essentially, the type of AI he is interested in was declared > > to be a thing of the past (aka "Scruffy") and not "scientific", and > > therefore that kind of stuff became sidelined. > > > > You could say he was Drexlered. > > > > He also has a reputation for being inspirational, but vague. > > > > > > > > Richard Loosemore > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2007/10/28, Bob Mottram <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>: > > > > > > 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/?&; ________________________________ > 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=59078926-1ed514
