[agi] Combined memory systems

2007-12-22 Thread Bob Mottram
A recent Google talk on memory systems which might have some relevance for people designing AGI systems. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ei6wFJ9kCc Here the guy is basically describing how supervised and unsupervised learning complement each other in order to overcome problems such as

Re: Possibility of superhuman intelligence (was Re: [agi] AGI and Deity)

2007-12-22 Thread J Storrs Hall, PhD
On Friday 21 December 2007 09:51:13 pm, Ed Porter wrote: As a lawyer, I can tell you there is no clear agreed upon definition for most words, but that doesn't stop most of us from using un-clearly defined words productively many times every day for communication with others. If you can only

RE: [agi] Combined memory systems

2007-12-22 Thread Ed Porter
Bob, Thanks for the link. Ed Porter -Original Message- From: Bob Mottram [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 8:30 AM To: agi@v2.listbox.com Subject: [agi] Combined memory systems A recent Google talk on memory systems which might have some relevance for people

[agi] Mizar translated to TPTP !

2007-12-22 Thread Benjamin Goertzel
For those interested in automated theorem-proving, I'm pleased to announce a major advance in tools has occurred... The Mizar library of formalized math has finally been translated into a sensible format, usable for training automated theorem-proving systems ;-) Josef Urban informed me that

Re: [agi] BMI/BCI Growing Fast

2007-12-22 Thread Philip Goetz
On Dec 14, 2007 9:07 AM, Benjamin Goertzel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just to be clear: I am sure that mindreading technology is coming, it's your relative timing estimate that perplexes me... Wasn't me that said it, but... If we define mindreading as knowing whether someone is telling the

Re: [agi] BMI/BCI Growing Fast

2007-12-22 Thread Philip Goetz
Oh - I haven't read the report, but I did look into the state of the art of BCI several months ago. Some things I remember: - Arrays can receive pulses from at most 100 neurons. - Wireless devices don't have enough bandwidth to transmit the pulses from more than about 100 neurons. Even doing

Re: [agi] AGI and Deity

2007-12-22 Thread Mike Dougherty
On Dec 22, 2007 8:15 PM, Philip Goetz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dawkins trivializes religion from his comfortable first world perspective ignoring the way of life of hundreds of millions of people and offers little substitute for what religion does and has done for civilization and what has