The concept of "citizen science" sounds great, Ben -- especially in this age. From my own perspective I feel like my ideas are good but it falls short always of the rigor of a proper scientist, so I don't have that pretense. The internet obviously helps out a lot. The plight of the solitary laborer is better than it used to be, I think, due to the availability of information/research.
Mike Archbold On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 8:52 PM, Ben Goertzel <[email protected]> wrote: > Check out my article on the H+ Summit > > http://www.kurzweilai.net/h-summit-harvard-the-rise-of-the-citizen-scientist > > and also the Ramona4 chatbot that Novamente LLC built for Ray Kurzweil > a while back > > http://www.kurzweilai.net/ramona4/ramona.html > > It's not AGI at all; but it's pretty funny ;-) > > -- Ben > > > > -- > Ben Goertzel, PhD > CEO, Novamente LLC and Biomind LLC > CTO, Genescient Corp > Vice Chairman, Humanity+ > Advisor, Singularity University and Singularity Institute > External Research Professor, Xiamen University, China > [email protected] > > " > “When nothing seems to help, I go look at a stonecutter hammering away > at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack > showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, > and I know it was not that blow that did it, but all that had gone > before.” > > > ------------------------------------------- > 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/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > ------------------------------------------- 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
