David, Good point... I'll revise the essay to account for it...
The truth is, we just don't know -- but in taking the "virtual world" approach to AGI, we're very much **hoping** that a subset of "human everyday physical reality" is good enough. .. ben On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 6:46 AM, David Hart <dh...@cogical.com> wrote: > On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 5:25 PM, Ben Goertzel <b...@goertzel.org> wrote: > >> >> I wrote down my thoughts on this in a little more detail here (with some >> pastings from these emails plus some new info): >> >> >> http://multiverseaccordingtoben.blogspot.com/2008/12/subtle-structure-of-physical-world.html >> > > I really liked this essay. I'm curious about the clarity of terms 'real > world' and 'physical world' in some places. It seems that, to make its > point, the essay requires 'real world' and 'physical world' mean only > 'practical' or 'familiar physical reality', depending on context. Whereas, > if 'real world' is reserved for a very broad definition of realities > including physical realities (including classical, quantum mechanical and > relativistic time and distance scales), peculiar human cultural realities, > and other definable realities, it will be easier in follow-up essays to > discuss AGI systems that can natively think simultaneously about any > multitude of interrelated realities (a trick that humans are really bad at). > I hope this makes sense... > > -dave > > > ------------------------------ > *agi* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/> | > Modify<https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;>Your Subscription > <http://www.listbox.com> > -- Ben Goertzel, PhD CEO, Novamente LLC and Biomind LLC Director of Research, SIAI b...@goertzel.org "I intend to live forever, or die trying." -- Groucho Marx ------------------------------------------- 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
