Bob, I, perhaps naively, agree with your list of required resources - which I'm glad to have.
But I believe that AGI will not be developed in isolation. Its not only that AGI is a hard, unsolved problem, its that working alone in isolation, there is such a great probability that the researcher, or small team, will head in the wrong direction locally, even if their long term roadmap is sound. I think the developer greatly benefits from public critique of their ideas and plans. For every valid criticism of my project, or of a technique that I'm adopting, I try to conceive of the earliest possible test that confirms whether I'm on the right track or not. I would be surprised if AGI comes from an unexpected source - out of the blue - if you will. -Steve Stephen L. Reed Artificial Intelligence Researcher http://texai.org/blog http://texai.org 3008 Oak Crest Ave. Austin, Texas, USA 78704 512.791.7860 ----- Original Message ---- From: Bob Mottram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: agi@v2.listbox.com Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 4:02:07 PM Subject: Re: Open source (was Re: [agi] The Strange Loop of AGI Funding: now logically proved!) On 21/04/2008, Steve Richfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Of course, this constitutes a reductio ad absurdum situation establishing that the underlying assumption, that someone is going to build AGI, is very probably wrong. Whoever comes up with a working AGI may be the last person you expect them to be. All you need in raw materials are a computer, an internet connection, some novel ideas and enough time on your hands. agi | Archives | Modify Your Subscription ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ ------------------------------------------- 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
