I sure don't. I have read very little fiction in my life and even less science fiction. (I do, however, love good sci-fi movies)
So, without such remembering, I am guessing being made crazy was considered better than going to Mars? (Mars always seems to get a bum rap in the Sci-Fi movies I've seen or seen previous of. It seems to me it would be a lot nicer than the moon, but the commute would suck.) Really though, I think personal AGIs could be one of the really positive sides of AGIs, The shrink aspect of them would be only one of their sides. The could also play an important part in the Intelligence Augmentation that can hopefully help humans stay in the loop compared to machines. Even if brain uploads don't work, There could be some satisfaction, when facing human death, in knowing that your person AGI could be uploaded and added to the collective hu-man/hu-machine wisdom. The key is making and keeping their goal systems oriented toward pleasing humans, something that has been much discussed on this list, and something the probability of which I feel poorly prepared to estimate. Ed Porter -----Original Message----- From: Benjamin Goertzel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 4:49 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [agi] a2i2 looking for another AI Psychologist Doesn't everyone remember Dr. Smile from Phil Dick's novel "The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch"?? -- Ben p.s. it was a robo-psychiatrist whose job was to make you crazy enough that you could be exempted from being sent to a Mars colony, for reasons of insanity ;-) On Nov 1, 2007 4:35 PM, Edward W. Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Personal AGIs could be very good psychologists for humans. If the nano-electronics revolution delivers on its promise, in fifteen to twenty-five years most of us should be able to afford and wear (or have implanted) personal AGI's that can substrantially record all of our lives. Once they have recorded audio, video, and emotional indicators of all or substantial portions of our lives, they will be able to provide us very real advice about what has made us happy, what has engendered bad emotions, what we are doing right and wrong in our relations with others and in our work. They will help us understand the origin of many of our problems, help advise us about how to solve such problems and better achieve our goals, and help remind us when we are straying from what we have told it we really want to do. What's more they can provide a valuable friend that cares about us -- one that can remember every funny joke they have ever heard, and have the sensitivity to know when each of them might be appropriate. Ed Porter -----Original Message----- From: Mike Tintner [ <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 3:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [agi] a2i2 looking for another AI Psychologist Bob: > I'm just waiting for the day when "robopsychologist" jobs become available :-) > > There ARE lots of AI/robopsychologists in sc-fi - to help out all > those > paranoid androids. ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: <http://www.agiri.org/email> 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=60125578-6a043a
