Derek, I have no doubt that their proposal contains interesting ideas and will produce interesting and valuable results --- most AI projects do, though the results and the values are often not what they targeted (or they claimed to be targeting) initially.
"Biologically inspired approaches" are attractive, partly because they have existing proof for the mechanism to work. However, we need to remember that "inspired" by a working solution is one thing, and to treat that solution as the best way to achieve a goal is another. Furthermore, the difficult part in these approaches is to separate the aspect of the biological mechanism/process that should be duplicated from the aspects that shouldn't. Yes, maybe I should market NARS as a theory of the brain, just a very high-level one. ;-) Pei On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 10:06 AM, Derek Zahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Pei Wang: > >> --- I have problem with each of these assumptions and beliefs, though >> I don't think anyone can convince someone who just get a big grant >> that they are moving in a wrong direction. ;-) > > With his other posts about the Singularity Summit and his invention of the > word "Synaptronics", Modha certainly seems to be a kindred spirit to many on > this list. > > I think what he's trying to do with this project (to the extent I understand > it) seems like a reasonably promising approach (not really to AGI as such, > but experimenting with soft computing substrates is kind of a cool > enterprise to me). Let a thousand flowers bloom. > > However, when he says things on his blog like "In my opinion, there are > three reasons why the time is now ripe to begin to draw inspiration from > structure, dynamics, function, and behavior of the brain for developing > novel computing architectures and cognitive systems." -- I despair again. > > Dr. Wang, if you want to get some funding maybe you should start promoting > NARS as a theory of the brain :) > > ________________________________ > agi | Archives | Modify Your Subscription ------------------------------------------- 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=120640061-aded06 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
