On 14/12/2007, Benjamin Goertzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The future course of AGI is contentious and uncertain (though I have my own > strong opinions), but it seems very clear that mobile robotics tech is > more advanced > than mind-reading-type brain-imaging, and apt to progress far faster...
Yes. I think we're going to have moderately capable mobile robots long before people start hacking their brains with implants or upgrades (as a widespread phenomena, rather than niche medical applications). The sort of developments currently going on with probabilistic robotics in universities or in events like the Urban Challenge will probably see commercial applications ten years from now. When you think about it some of the toy robots which you can now buy, such as Pleo, would have been very expensive advanced research projects ten or fifteen years ago. ----- 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=76055134-b52516
