2008/12/20 Ben Goertzel <[email protected]>: > > Well, it's completely obvious to me, based on my knowledge of virtual worlds > and robotics, that building a high quality virtual world is orders of > magnitude easier than making a workable humanoid robot.
I guess that depends on what you mean by "high quality" and "workable". Why does a robot have to be humanoid, BTW? I'd like a robot that can make me a cup of tea, I don't particularly care if it looks humanoid (in fact I suspect many humans would have less emotional resistance to a robot that didn't look humanoid, since it's more obviously a machine). > On the other hand, making a virtual world such as I envision, is more than a > spare-time project, but not more than the project of making a single > high-quality video game. GTA IV cost $5 million, so we're not talking about peanuts here. -- Philip Hunt, <[email protected]> Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html ------------------------------------------- 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=123753653-47f84b Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
