Here is Vernor Vinge's original essay on the singularity. http://mindstalk.net/vinge/vinge-sing.html
The premise is that if humans can create agents with above human intelligence, then so can they. What I am questioning is whether agents at any intelligence level can do this. I don't believe that agents at any level can recognize higher intelligence, and therefore cannot test their creations. We rely on competition in an external environment to make fitness decisions. The parent isn't intelligent enough to make the correct choice. -- Matt Mahoney, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ---- From: Mike Tintner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: agi@v2.listbox.com Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 7:00:07 PM Subject: Re: Goedel machines (was Re: Information theoretic approaches to AGI (was Re: [agi] The Necessity of Embodiment)) Matt:If RSI is possible, then there is the additional threat of a fast takeoff of the kind described by Good and Vinge Can we have an example of just one or two subject areas or domains where a takeoff has been considered (by anyone) as possibly occurring, and what form such a takeoff might take? I hope the discussion of RSI is not entirely one of airy generalities, without any grounding in reality. ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=111637683-c8fa51 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
