Re: Re: [singularity] Ten years to the Singularity ??

2006-12-12 Thread Joshua Fox
Ben, The question which I would ask, were I a potential funder How soon can I see something that, though not true AGI, makes me say 'Wow, I've never seen anything like that before.' ? I appreciate that this is an incredibly challenging project, and that in some cases investors will accept a

Re: Re: Re: [singularity] Ten years to the Singularity ??

2006-12-12 Thread Ben Goertzel
Hi, You mention intermediate steps to AI, but the question is whether these are narrow-AI applications (the bane of AGI projects) or some sort of (incomplete) AGI. According the approach I have charted out (the only one I understand), the true path to AGI does not really involve commercially

Re: [singularity] Ten years to the Singularity ??

2006-12-12 Thread Josh Treadwell
What kind of numbers are we talking here to fund a single AGI project like Novamente? If I could, I'd instantly dedicate all my time and resources to developing AI, but because most of my knowledge is auto didactic, I don't get considered for any jobs. So for now, I'm stuck in the drudgery of

Re: Re: [singularity] Ten years to the Singularity ??

2006-12-12 Thread Ben Goertzel
BTW Ben, for the love of God, can you please tell me when your AGI book is coming out? It's been in my Amazon shopping cart for 6 months now! The publisher finally mailed me a copy of the book last week! Ben - This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or