Dennis, > You need smarter programs. > So why wouldn't you build such?
trying hard > Start with weak AI programs. That would push technology envelope > further and further and in the end AGI will be possible. AGI is IMO possible now but requires very different approach than narrow AI. > >> Any successful AGI prototype would attract investors anyway. > > > At this time, we still need investors spending money to develop prototypes. > > If developing prototype requires significant investments -- that means > that technology is not ready yet for full scale AGI yet. Technology IMO is. Dev/research time is expensive. > Weak AI is a way to go at this moment. true for some tasks > >> > Many bright folks would IMO like to work on AGI full time but limited > >> > resources force them to focus on other stuff. > >> > >> "Other stuff" is also important. > > > True, but more full time AGI folks wouldn't hurt. > > It would. "More full time AGI folks" means less full time folks on > other important projects. IMO worth it. > > There are many hard problems to solve, including some which, if not > > solved correctly in relatively near future, could cause the money > > (made on those "better paying tasks") having only a fraction of its > > current value. AGI could do so much for us that it would be IMO worth > > to immediately stop working on all non-critical projects and > > temporarily spend as many resources as possible on AGI R&D. > > What disastrous problems that cannot be solved without AGI are you > referring to? Problems that require hard-to-do evaluation of larger amounts of data from different domains before important decision deadlines. We could use narrow AI to do everything the AGI could do - except - we cannot always do it fast enough - which costs lives and/or unnecessary suffering you can see all around the world. Regards, Jiri Jelinek ----- 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=67381162-3ea8d6
