Re: Distributed search (was RE: Hacker intelligence level [WAS Re: [agi] Funding AGI research])

2007-12-12 Thread Mike Dougherty
On 12/12/07, James Ratcliff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This would allow a large amount of knowledge to be extracted in a > distributed manner, keeping track of the quality of information gathered > from each person as a trust metric, and many facts would be gathered and > checked for truth. >

RE: Distributed search (was RE: Hacker intelligence level [WAS Re: [agi] Funding AGI research])

2007-12-12 Thread James Ratcliff
I had been thinking about something along these lines, though not worded as you have in this message yet. What I would be most interested in at this point is a knowledge gathering system somewhere along these lines, where the main AGI could be centralized/clustered or distributed, but where que

RE: Distributed search (was RE: Hacker intelligence level [WAS Re: [agi] Funding AGI research])

2007-12-11 Thread Matt Mahoney
--- Jean-Paul Van Belle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Matt, Wonderful idea, now it will even show the typical human trait of > lying...when i ask it "do you still love me?" most answers in its database > will have Yes as an answer but when i ask it 'what's my name?' it'll call > me John? My pr

RE: Distributed search (was RE: Hacker intelligence level [WAS Re: [agi] Funding AGI research])

2007-12-07 Thread Jean-Paul Van Belle
Hi Matt, Wonderful idea, now it will even show the typical human trait of lying...when i ask it "do you still love me?" most answers in its database will have Yes as an answer but when i ask it 'what's my name?' it'll call me John? However, your approach is actually already being implemented to

RE: Distributed search (was RE: Hacker intelligence level [WAS Re: [agi] Funding AGI research])

2007-12-07 Thread Matt Mahoney
--- Jean-Paul Van Belle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Matt > > You call it an AGI proposal but it is described as a distributed search > algorithms that (merely) appears intelligent i.e. "design for an > Internet-wide message posting and search service". There doesn't appear to > be any groundi

RE: Distributed search (was RE: Hacker intelligence level [WAS Re: [agi] Funding AGI research])

2007-12-07 Thread Ed Porter
Thanks Matt! -Original Message- From: Matt Mahoney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 11:42 PM To: agi@v2.listbox.com Subject: RE: Distributed search (was RE: Hacker intelligence level [WAS Re: [agi] Funding AGI research]) --- Ed Porter <[EMAIL PROTEC

RE: Distributed search (was RE: Hacker intelligence level [WAS Re: [agi] Funding AGI research])

2007-12-06 Thread Jean-Paul Van Belle
Hi Matt You call it an AGI proposal but it is described as a distributed search algorithms that (merely) appears intelligent i.e. "design for an Internet-wide message posting and search service". There doesn't appear to be any grounding or semantic interpretation by the AI system? How will it b

RE: Distributed search (was RE: Hacker intelligence level [WAS Re: [agi] Funding AGI research])

2007-12-06 Thread Matt Mahoney
should be a useful service at least in the short term before it destroys us. > > -Original Message- > From: Matt Mahoney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 6:17 PM > To: agi@v2.listbox.com > Subject: RE: Distributed search (was RE: Hacker intellig

RE: Distributed search (was RE: Hacker intelligence level [WAS Re: [agi] Funding AGI research])

2007-12-06 Thread Ed Porter
creases your computer's vulnerability, but it doesn't stop people from using them. > > -Original Message- > From: Matt Mahoney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 4:06 PM > To: agi@v2.listbox.com > Subject: RE: Distributed search (was RE: Hac

Re: Distributed search (was RE: Hacker intelligence level [WAS Re: [agi] Funding AGI research])

2007-12-06 Thread Matt Mahoney
--- William Pearson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 06/12/2007, Ed Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Matt, > > So if it is perceived as something that increases a machine's > vulnerability, > > it seems to me that would be one more reason for people to avoid using it. > > Ed Porter > > > Wh

RE: Distributed search (was RE: Hacker intelligence level [WAS Re: [agi] Funding AGI research])

2007-12-06 Thread Ed Porter
It was part of a discussion of using a P2P network with OpenCog to develop distributed AGI's. -Original Message- From: William Pearson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 5:20 PM To: agi@v2.listbox.com Subject: Re: Distributed search (was RE: Hacker intelli

RE: Distributed search (was RE: Hacker intelligence level [WAS Re: [agi] Funding AGI research])

2007-12-06 Thread Matt Mahoney
#x27;s vulnerability, but it doesn't stop people from using them. > > -Original Message- > From: Matt Mahoney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 4:06 PM > To: agi@v2.listbox.com > Subject: RE: Distributed search (was RE: Hacker intel

Re: Distributed search (was RE: Hacker intelligence level [WAS Re: [agi] Funding AGI research])

2007-12-06 Thread William Pearson
On 06/12/2007, Ed Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Matt, > So if it is perceived as something that increases a machine's vulnerability, > it seems to me that would be one more reason for people to avoid using it. > Ed Porter Why are you having this discussion on an AGI list? Will Pearson -

RE: Distributed search (was RE: Hacker intelligence level [WAS Re: [agi] Funding AGI research])

2007-12-06 Thread Ed Porter
gi@v2.listbox.com Subject: RE: Distributed search (was RE: Hacker intelligence level [WAS Re: [agi] Funding AGI research]) --- Ed Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Matt, > > Does a PC become more vulnerable to viruses, worms, Trojan horses, root > kits, and other web attacks

RE: Distributed search (was RE: Hacker intelligence level [WAS Re: [agi] Funding AGI research])

2007-12-06 Thread Matt Mahoney
--- Ed Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Matt, > > Does a PC become more vulnerable to viruses, worms, Trojan horses, root > kits, and other web attacks if it becomes part of a P2P network? And if so > why and how much. It does if the P2P software has vulnerabilities, just like any other ser

RE: Distributed search (was RE: Hacker intelligence level [WAS Re: [agi] Funding AGI research])

2007-12-06 Thread Ed Porter
PM To: agi@v2.listbox.com Subject: RE: Distributed search (was RE: Hacker intelligence level [WAS Re: [agi] Funding AGI research]) --- Ed Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a lot of respect for Google, but I don't like monopolies, whether it > is Microsoft or Googl

RE: Distributed search (was RE: Hacker intelligence level [WAS Re: [agi] Funding AGI research])

2007-12-06 Thread Matt Mahoney
--- Ed Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a lot of respect for Google, but I don't like monopolies, whether it > is Microsoft or Google. I think it is vitally important that there be > several viable search competators. > > I wish this wicki one luck. As I said, it sounds a lot like

RE: Distributed search (was RE: Hacker intelligence level [WAS Re: [agi] Funding AGI research])

2007-12-05 Thread Ed Porter
ssage- From: Matt Mahoney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 9:24 PM To: agi@v2.listbox.com Subject: Distributed search (was RE: Hacker intelligence level [WAS Re: [agi] Funding AGI research]) --- Ed Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Matt, > > Pe

Distributed search (was RE: Hacker intelligence level [WAS Re: [agi] Funding AGI research])

2007-12-05 Thread Matt Mahoney
--- Ed Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Matt, > > Perhaps your are right. > > But one problem is that big Google-like compuplexes in the next five to ten > years will be powerful enough to do AGI and they will be much more efficient > for AGI search because the physical closeness of their