Good advice. There are of course sometimes people who are ahead of the
field, but in conversation you'll usually find that the genuine inovators
have a deep - bordering on obsessive - knowledge of the field that they're
working in and are willing to demonstrate/test their claims to anyone even
remotely interested.
On 14/04/2008, Brad Paulsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Dear Fellow AGI List Members:
>
> Just thought I'd remind the good members of this list about some
> strategies for dealing with certain types of postings.
>
> Unfortunately, the field of AI/AGI is one of those areas where anybody
> with a pulse and a brain thinks they can design a "program that thinks."
> Must be easy, right? I mean, I can do it so how hard can it be to put "me"
> in a "can?" Well, that's what some very smart people in the 1940's, '50's
> and into the 1960's thought. They were wrong. Most of them now admit it.
> So, on AI-related lists, we have to be very careful about the kinds of
> "conversations" on which we spend our valuable time. Here are some
> guidelines. I realize most people here know this stuff already. This is
> just a gentle reminder.
>
> If a posting makes grandiose claims, is dismissive of mainstream
> research, techniques, and institutions or the author claims to have
> "special knowledge" that has apparently been missed (or dismissed) by all of
> the brilliant scientific/technical minds who go to their jobs at major
> corporations and universities every day (and are paid for doing so), and
> also by every Nobel Laureate for the last 20 years, this posting should be
> ignored. DO NOT RESPOND to these types of postings: positively or
> negatively. The poster is, obviously, either irrational or one of the
> greatest minds of our time. In the former case, you know they're full of
> it, I know they're full of it, but they will NEVER admit that. You will
> never win an argument with an irrational individual. In the latter case,
> stop and ask yourself: Why is somebody that fantastically smart posting to
> this mailing list? He or she is, obviously, smarter than everyone here.
> Why does he/she need us to validate his or her accomplishments/knowledge by
> posting on this list? He or she should have better things to do and,
> besides, we probably wouldn't be able to understand ("appreciate") his/her
> genius anyhow.
>
> The only way to deal with postings like this is to IGNORE THEM. Don't
> rise to the bait. Like a bad cold, they will be irritating for a while, but
> they will, eventually, go away.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Brad
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