[agi] Re: Asimov-like reaction ?

2002-11-04 Thread Philip Sutton
Hi David What of the possibility, Ben, of an Asimov-like reaction to the possibility of thinking machines that compete with humans? It's the kind of dumb, Man-Was-Not-Meant-to-Go-There, scenario we see all the time on Sci-Fi Channel productions, but it is plausible, especially in a world

RE: [agi] Re: Asimov-like reaction ?

2002-11-04 Thread Ben Goertzel
Is anybody working on building ethical capacity into AGI from the ground up? As I mentioned to Ben yesterday, AGIs without ethics could end up being the next decade's e-viruses (on steriods). Cheers, Philip My thoughts on this are at www.goertzel.org/dynapsyc/2002/AIMorality.htm

[agi] RE: Ethical drift

2002-11-04 Thread Philip Sutton
Ben Goertzel wrote: What if iterative self-revision causes the system's goal G to drift over time... I think this is inevitable - it's just evolution keeping on going as it always will. The key issue then is what processes can be set in train to operate throughout time to keep evolution

RE: [agi] Commercial AGI ventures

2002-11-04 Thread Ben Goertzel
One trouble with this endeavor is that AGI is a fuzzy set... However, I'd be quite interested to see this list, even so. In fact, I think it'd be more valuable to simply see a generic list of all AGI projects, be they commercial or non. If anyone wants to create such a list, I'll be happy to