Yes, I find this thread relevant to practical AGI work ... although, I
wouldn't precisely say it's addressing the separability of language from
general intelligence: that would be an even broader question!!

ben

On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 5:23 PM, Terren Suydam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

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> As unpopular as philosophical discussions are lately, that was what this is
> - a debate about whether language is separable from general intelligence, in
> principle. So in-principle arguments about language and intelligence are
> relevant in that context, even if not embraced with open arms by the whole
> list.
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> Terren
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> --- On Tue, 10/21/08, Ben Goertzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> OK, but I didn't think we were talking about what is "possible in
> principle" but may be unrealizable in practice...
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> It's possible in principle to create a supercomputer via training pigeons
> to peck in appropriate patterns, in response to the patterns that they
> notice other pigeons peck.  My friends in Perth and I designed such a
> machine once and called it the PC or Pigeon Computer.  I wish I'd retained
> the drawings and schematics!  We considered launching a company to sell
> them, IBM or International Bird Machines ... but failed to convince any VC's
> (even in the Internet bubble!!) and gave up...
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