Re: [agi] A thought.

2003-02-06 Thread Philip Sutton
Brad, > But I think that the further down you go towards the primitive level, > the more and more specialized everything is. While they all use > neurons, the anatomy, and neurophysiology of low level brain areas are > so drastically different from one another as to be conceptually > distinct.

Re: [agi] A thought.

2003-02-06 Thread Brad Wyble
> > Yes, this is a somewhat complicated picture I'm painting, of the > interweaving of generality and specialization in the mind. But I think this > kind of complicatedness is the lot of a finite mind in a (comparatively) > essentially unboundedly complex universe... > > -- Ben Goertzel I wou

[agi] Stupid file icon.

2003-02-06 Thread Alan Grimes
I don't think that this virus "hoax" started out intentionally. I think it was started by some newbie looking around his HD only to find some very tenagerish graphiti icon on one of the files and assumed it was a virus. I blame microsoft for allowing that icon to go into the final distro. -- I WA

Re: [agi] New Virus

2003-02-06 Thread RSbriggs
Ouch - more than I ever wanted to know about someone :)  I've deleted these messages.

[agi] Fw: Virus Hoax

2003-02-06 Thread C. David Noziglia
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[agi] Fw: New Virus

2003-02-06 Thread C. David Noziglia
A virus has been passed on to me by a contact. My address book has in turn been affected.  Since you are in my address book there is a good chance you will find it in your computer too. I followed the direction below and eradicated the virus easily. The virus ( called jdbgmgr.exe) is not det

[agi] New Virus

2003-02-06 Thread C. David Noziglia
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RE: [agi] A thought.

2003-02-06 Thread Ben Goertzel
> > 3) > > Any successful AGI system is also going to have components in two other > > categories: > > > > a) specialized-intelligence components that solve particular problems in > > ways having little or nothing to do with truly general intelligence > > capability > > > > b) specialized-intellige

Re: [agi] A thought.

2003-02-06 Thread Brad Wyble
> 3) > Any successful AGI system is also going to have components in two other > categories: > > a) specialized-intelligence components that solve particular problems in > ways having little or nothing to do with truly general intelligence > capability > > b) specialized-intelligence components

RE: [agi] A thought.

2003-02-06 Thread Ben Goertzel
The issue of general versus specialized intelligence has been visited on this list before!! My thoughts on this, as I said when the topic last came up, are roughly that: 1) No finite system can have truly general intelligence. There will always be possible environments too complex for it to ada