Mark Waser:Several comments . . . .
First, this work is hideously outdated. The author cites his own reading
for some chapters he produced in 1992.
His claim that the dominant paradigms for studying language comprehension
imply that it is an archival process is *at best* hideously outdated --
So if Omuhundro's claim rests on that fact that being self improving is
part of the AGI's makeup, and that this will cause the AGI to do certain
things, develop certain subgoals etc. I say that he has quietly inserted a
*motivation* (or rather assumed it: does he ever say how this is supposed
On Saturday 24 May 2008 06:55:24 pm, Mark Waser wrote:
...Omuhundro's claim...
YES! But his argument is that to fulfill *any* motivation, there are
generic submotivations (protect myself, accumulate power, don't let my
motivation get perverted) that will further the search to fulfill your
Mark Waser wrote:
So if Omuhundro's claim rests on that fact that being self improving
is part of the AGI's makeup, and that this will cause the AGI to do
certain things, develop certain subgoals etc. I say that he has
quietly inserted a *motivation* (or rather assumed it: does he ever
say
I was sitting in the room when they were talking about it and I didn't
feel like speaking up at the time (why break my streak?) but I felt he
was just wrong. It seemed like you could boil the claim down to this:
If you are sufficiently advanced, and you have a goal and some
ability to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was sitting in the room when they were talking about it and I didn't
feel like speaking up at the time (why break my streak?) but I felt he
was just wrong. It seemed like you could boil the claim down to this:
If you are sufficiently advanced, and you have a goal
J Storrs Hall, PhD wrote:
On Saturday 24 May 2008 06:55:24 pm, Mark Waser wrote:
...Omuhundro's claim...
YES! But his argument is that to fulfill *any* motivation, there are
generic submotivations (protect myself, accumulate power, don't let my
motivation get perverted) that will further
