An AGI only has to predict your behavior so that it can serve you better by giving you what you want without you asking for it. It is not a copy of your mind. It is a program that can call a function that simulates your mind for some arbitrary purpose determined by its programmer.
-- Matt Mahoney, matmaho...@yahoo.com ________________________________ From: John G. Rose <johnr...@polyplexic.com> To: agi <agi@v2.listbox.com> Sent: Fri, July 2, 2010 11:39:23 AM Subject: RE: [agi] masterpiece on an iPad An AGI may not really think like we do, it may just execute code. Though I suppose you could program a lot of fuzzy loops and idle speculation, entertaining possibilities, having human "think" envy.. John From:Matt Mahoney [mailto:matmaho...@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, July 02, 2010 8:21 AM To: agi Subject: Re: [agi] masterpiece on an iPad AGI is all about building machines that think, so you don't have to. -- Matt Mahoney, matmaho...@yahoo.com ________________________________ From:Mike Tintner <tint...@blueyonder.co.uk> To: agi <agi@v2.listbox.com> Sent: Fri, July 2, 2010 9:37:51 AM Subject: Re: [agi] masterpiece on an iPad that's like saying cartography or cartoons could be done a lot faster if they just used cameras - ask Michael to explain what the hand can draw that the camera can't From:Matt Mahoney Sent:Friday, July 02, 2010 2:21 PM To:agi Subject:Re: [agi] masterpiece on an iPad It could be done a lot faster if the iPad had a camera. -- Matt Mahoney, matmaho...@yahoo.com ________________________________ From:Mike Tintner <tint...@blueyonder.co.uk> To: agi <agi@v2.listbox.com> Sent: Fri, July 2, 2010 6:28:58 AM Subject: [agi] masterpiece on an iPad http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturevideo/artvideo/7865736/Artist-creates-masterpiece-on-an-iPad.html McLuhan argues that touch is the central sense - the one that binds the others. He may be right. The i-devices integrate touch into intelligence. agi| Archives | Modify Your Subscription agi| Archives| Modify Your Subscription agi| Archives| Modify Your Subscription agi| Archives| ModifyYour Subscription 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=8660244-6e7fb59c Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com