> In regards to funding, there must be a financial source in our society that > provides funding to crazy new risky ideas. I would imagine academia is such a > source. If I looked for a venture capitalist for a start-up, I'm not sure how > I could build a business model around AGI research.
Nonetheless, pathetic as it is, arguably VCs have put more $$ into AGI-oriented research than governments so far (e.g. Deep Mind, OpenAI, Vicarious) > Why is there so little support for AGI, anyways? I had always imagined > governments racing to create a digital mind. Is it just so hard organizations > don't believe it is possible at the moment? As if there aren't other hundreds > of really hard things to do in science and engineering today with support. It seems there is skepticism that the goal is achievable in a reasonable timeframe, and fear of bottomless research-dollar sinkholes. I suspect personally there is a psychological undercurrent of disbelief that the glories of the human mind can ever be replicated in a computer ... and also an undercurrent of Fear of Terminator etc. ... perhaps these psychological factors play a part, along with general skepticism... > Also, why do AGI enthusiasts leave academia? Where do they go? Thank you. Some remain in academia of course. Some of us have gone into industry and spent years/decades paying our bills doing narrow AI while pursuing AGI R&D on the side. Some of us have creatively/entrepreneurially found ways to fund modest AGI R&D teams within commercial organizations focused more proximally on narrow AI... ben -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "opencog" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/opencog/CACYTDBett%3D_n_wbM1n%2BzeniVohgv177tYMWyfYP7nt0qYtc%3Dyg%40mail.gmail.com.
