On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 1:01 PM, Pei Wang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > PREMISES: > > (1) AGI is one of the most complicated problem in the history of > science, and therefore requires substantial funding for it to happen.
Potentially, though, massively distributed, collaborative open-source software development could render your first premise false ... > (2) Since all previous attempts failed, investors and funding agencies > have enough reason to wait until a recognizable breakthrough to put > their money in. > > (3) Since the people who have the money are usually not AGI > researchers (so won't read papers and books), a breakthrough becomes > recognizable to them only by impressive demos. > > (4) If the system is really general-purpose, then if it can give an > impressive demo on one problem, it should be able to solve all kinds > of problems to roughly the same level. > > (5) If a system already can solve all kinds of problems, then the > research has mostly finished, and won't need funding anymore. > > CONCLUSION: AGI research will get funding when and only when the > funding is no longer needed anymore. > > Q.E.D. :-( > > Pei > > ------------------------------------------- > 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/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > -- Ben Goertzel, PhD CEO, Novamente LLC and Biomind LLC Director of Research, SIAI [EMAIL PROTECTED] "If men cease to believe that they will one day become gods then they will surely become worms." -- Henry Miller ------------------------------------------- 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=101455710-f059c4 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
