Caveats: - Yes, I know one could say that I'm arbitrarily calling the things I agree with as "scientific" and everything else as "unscientific".
- Yes, AGI is especially susceptible to Sturgeon's Law since it's such an immature science. Anyway... I do think that it would be nice to have more scientifically grounded discussion on this list. -Jey Kottalam On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 10:29 AM, Jey Kottalam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 10:09 AM, Bob Mottram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I think Yudkowsky once said that AI remains at present largely the >> dominion of pioneers and mavericks. It's certainly not yet a mature >> science. The typical pattern which I've observed on AI forums and >> lists over the last 15 years goes something like the following: >> > > Fully agreed. I'm drawing a distinction between scientifically > grounded pioneering mavericks (e.g. Yudkowsky) and unscientific > nonsense. > > This list is being dominated by nonsense because the scientifically > grounded people on this list don't want to take the time to refute > every piece of fantastic drivel. I certainly don't blame them for > wanting to focus on their time on other more productive projects, but > it ultimately reflects poorly on the list and scares away > scientifically grounded AGI newbies by reinforcing the idea that AGI > is the exclusive domain of "crackpots". > > -Jey Kottalam > ------------------------------------------- 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=103754539-40ed26 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
