[agi] A problem with computer science?

2007-09-28 Thread Robert Wensman
About why it is difficult to create complex system that balances several functions, as opposed to a system with just one single function (assuming that the former would be important for AGI): To find a reason for this difficulty, I would like to point in a different direction, namely at the

Re: [agi] A problem with computer science?

2007-09-28 Thread Vladimir Nesov
It looks more like chicken and the egg problem. There should be some kind of internal tension to assert that culture restrains some kinds of research methodologies: it might be that what we see in the field is exactly what field wants to produce. Mathematics tends to be detached from reality, and

Re: [agi] A problem with computer science?

2007-09-28 Thread Matt Mahoney
--- Robert Wensman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe there is hope if computer scientists tries to be a little bit less like mathematicians, and dares to let in a little bit of the psychological vagueness in their paper writing jargon. By that I do not mean to encourage any kind of Freud-like

Re: [agi] A problem with computer science?

2007-09-28 Thread Mike Dougherty
On 9/28/07, Matt Mahoney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not necessarily. In my work I measure intelligence to 9 significant digits. Ok sure, by what unit are you measuring? :) - This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to:

Re: [agi] A problem with computer science?

2007-09-28 Thread Russell Wallace
On 9/29/07, Mike Dougherty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok sure, by what unit are you measuring? :) Bytes. He's talking about compression of a gigabyte text file. So I agree he can measure to 9 significant digits, I just don't think what he's measuring is intelligence :) Though I retract my