Ben: To be quite frank, the most creative and original ideas inside the Novamente design are quite technical. I suspect you don't have the background to understand them.However, I can see there's something else underlying your remarks: a sort of "mystification" of the power of intelligence. I think you'll be shocked when the workings of the brain are finally unveiled and ....no magic trick, no super-secret "algorithm of thought" ...
No, I don't have the background to judge MOSES etc. and, offhand say, the novelty of your search algorithms. But I don't think that invalidates my particular comments. And you offer a strange idea of creativity. Creativity is not necessarily shocking. Clearly there was nothing shocking about Hawkins' HTM. Creative ideas can often be like that - Freud's idea of the unconscious was similar - involving a major new emphasis and development of what is already known or broached. I certainly don't expect to see any super algorithms of thought. On the contrary, I am very confident that human, conscious streams of thought are *not* programmed or algorithmic overall, (while involving a great many algorithmic routines in parts) - more "composition" in the ordinary sense of throwing things together, than iteration of pre-existing instructions. And that is the sort of revolution - among several others - that I expect to see in both cog. sci and AGI/ robotics - revolutionary but not shocking or magical. I certainly do not think that you do not have original ideas or that your design is worthless - and I acknowledge, as before, your courage in pursuing your project (and tolerance of criticism!) .But I also think it's no bad thing that someone should keep complaining; "where's the beef?" and asking that people address the central problem. And I think this discussion shows that I am not alone. ----- 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=66445051-b381d4
