On 04/03/2008, Mike Tintner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David: >I was specifically referring to your comment ending in "BY ITSELF". > > > > >> Jeez, Will, the point of Artificial General Intelligence is that it > >> can start adapting to an unfamiliar situation and domain BY ITSELF. > > > > I believe this statement is just plain incorrect. > > > David, > > I find that extraordinary, but I accept your sincerity. The definition I > gave is an essential part of an AGI - if it can't adapt by itself sometimes > to unfamiliar situations, (as humans can), and can only act on others' > instructions, then it's a narrow AI. I wonder whether anyone else shares > your view.
There are a number of threads here that need disentangling. All these answers are my opinion only. Is a system that can adapt by itself to unfamiliar situations necessary for AGI? I would answer yes. Is it the only thing an AGI needs to be able to do? No. If I had a system that could build houses out of bricks, stones and straw it would not be an AGI if it could not be taught or learn cryptography. General for me means the ability to learn many different skills, including working on its own. Is generalising a skill logically the first thing that you need to make an AGI? Nope, the means and sufficient architecture to acquire skills and competencies are more useful early on in an agi development. I see generalising, in the way you talk about it, as a skill that can be acquired and improved upon. We certainly can change our ability to do so, through out our life time. If a skill can be changed and/or improved then something in the system must be changed, either data, program or something else. It is the manner and nature of these changes, very low level sub concious stuff (google neuro plasticity for what I am talking about in humans), that I think needs to be worked upon first. Else you are going to create a static and crystalline system. Will Pearson ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: http://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=95818715-a78a9b Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
