China is the 21st century America. Hugo DeGaris' system is quite interesting, and I even had a go at re-implementing some of it based upon the code on his web site. It's quite fun to watch the neural networks growing and then running.
On 15/12/2007, Benjamin Goertzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would add that the Chinese universities are extremely eager to > recruit Western professors to lead research labs in AI and other > areas. > > Hugo DeGaris relocated there a year or so ago, and is quite relieved > to be supplied with a bunch of excellent research assistants and loads > of computational firepower for his work on neural nets and FPGA's ... > he'd had a rough ride for a while, what with the bankruptcy of his > Belgian employer Starlab, and a 6-year stint at Utah State University > where he was unable to get significant US gov't research funding... > > When I talked to various university administrators in Wuhan (where > Hugo is), it was quite clear that if I wanted to relocate there, I would have > access to an essentially unlimited number of research programmers to > help with my AI projects. Without needing to constantly write grant > applications and compete for funds. > > Novamente LLC is in an exciting phase right now though; and my > personal situation would make it difficult for me to relocate to China ... but > it's interesting to know that "backup plan" is there... > > -- Ben G > > On Dec 15, 2007 5:47 AM, Gary Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Ben said > > > > >> That is sarcasm ... however, it's also my serious hypothesis as to why > > the Chinese gov't doesn't mind losing their best & brightest... >> > > > > It may also be that China understands too that as more Chinese become > > Americans, China will have a greater exposure and political lobby within the > > United States. > > > > Look at how much political influence Israel now exerts within the United > > States government and corporations. > > > > Also as with other minorities, the more exposure that Americans have to them > > in their everyday life the less fear and distrust that will be experienced. > > > > As the Chinese people which I know have entered into higher end professional > > roles in the United States they are eager to form business alliances with > > company's back home in China. > > > > China is also still feeling great population pressure. > > > > I just returned from meeting my fiancé there and in the cities where I > > stayed it still felt very overpopulated by my standards. > > > > Even though they possess excellent mass transit, people are packed in buses > > like sardines and more people move from the countryside to the city everyday > > to find work. > > > > I was only there for ten days so I did not gain a lot of understanding of > > how they manage to keep everything running. > > > > But in just that short time I saw that they have the same drug, > > homelessness, and poverty problems that we have here. > > > > The vast majority of people I met there were very friendly towards Americans > > and even though I know there have to be a lot of us there, because I was not > > in the tourist areas, I could go two or three days without seeing another > > American. > > > > ----- > > 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=76442468-321b6a
