On Thursday 01 November 2007 16:39, Linas Vepstas wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 02:50:12AM -0400, Jiri Jelinek wrote:
> > b) how many dev teams seriously work on AGI
>
> How many are there? A dozen? Maybe 100 people total? Less?
That's a good question. If there really are <100, then shouldn't w
On 11/1/07, Linas Vepstas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> How many? VC's I talked to asked the usual VC questions: who is your
> management team, and can you make all the money back in 2 years?
> Both pose serious difficulties for most discussions on this list.
Difficulties? I can answer both of them
On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 02:50:12AM -0400, Jiri Jelinek wrote:
>
> Considering
> a) how important AGI is
> b) how many dev teams seriously work on AGI
How many are there? A dozen? Maybe 100 people total? Less?
> c) how many investors are willing to spend good money on AGI R&D
How many? VC's I ta
--- Jiri Jelinek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > AGI does not need promoting.
>
> Considering
> a) how important AGI is
> b) how many dev teams seriously work on AGI
> c) how many investors are willing to spend good money on AGI R&D
> I believe AGI does need promoting. And it's IMO similar with t
On 01/11/2007, Jiri Jelinek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> a) how important AGI is
If you're main focus is the short term - say the next five to ten
years - then AGI is probably not very important and you can get by
largely with the technologies which are currently available (or
faster/cheaper versi
> AGI does not need promoting.
Considering
a) how important AGI is
b) how many dev teams seriously work on AGI
c) how many investors are willing to spend good money on AGI R&D
I believe AGI does need promoting. And it's IMO similar with the
immortality research some of the Novamente folks are invo
Great summary of the issue and open questions.
Stefan
On Nov 1, 2007 10:34 AM, Matt Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> AGI does not need promoting. AGI could potentially replace all human
> labor,
> currently valued at US $66 trillion per year worldwide. Google has gone
> from
> nothing to th
