Re: [singularity] Vista/AGI

2008-04-13 Thread Samantha Atkins
Ben Goertzel wrote: Much of this discussion is very abstract, which is I guess how you think about these issues when you don't have a specific AGI design in mind. My view is a little different. If the Novamente design is basically correct, there's no way it can possibly take thousands or

Re: [singularity] Vista/AGI

2008-04-13 Thread Mike Tintner
Samantha:From what you said above $50M will do the entire job. If that is all that is standing between us and AGI then surely we can get on with it in all haste. Oh for gawdsake, this is such a tedious discussion. I would suggest the following is a reasonable *framework* for any discussions

Re: [singularity] Vista/AGI

2008-04-13 Thread Richard Loosemore
Mike Tintner wrote: Samantha:From what you said above $50M will do the entire job. If that is all that is standing between us and AGI then surely we can get on with it in all haste. Oh for gawdsake, this is such a tedious discussion. I would suggest the following is a reasonable *framework*

Re: [singularity] Vista/AGI

2008-04-13 Thread Eric B. Ramsay
Mike: I am a novice to this AGI business and so I am not being cute with the following question: What, in your opinion, would be the first AGI problem to tackle. Perhaps theses various problems can't be priority ordered but nontheless, which problem stands out for you?. Thanks.

Re: [singularity] Vista/AGI

2008-04-13 Thread Mike Tintner
Mike, Your comments are irresponsible. Many problems of AGI have been solved. If you disagree with that, specify exactly what you mean by a problem of AGI, and let us list them. 1.General Problem Solving and Learning (independently learning/solving problem in, a new domain)

Re: [singularity] Vista/AGI

2008-04-13 Thread Ben Goertzel
Samantha, You know, I am getting pretty tired of hearing this poor mouth crap. This is not that huge a sum to raise or get financed. Hell, there are some very futuristic rich geeks who could finance this single-handed and would not really care that much whether they could somehow monetize

Re: [singularity] Vista/AGI

2008-04-13 Thread Ben Goertzel
I don't think any reasonable person in AI or AGI will claim any of these have been solved. They may want to claim their method has promise, but not that it has actually solved any of them. Yes -- it is true, we have not created a human-level AGI yet. No serious researcher disagrees. So why

RE: [singularity] Vista/AGI

2008-04-13 Thread Derek Zahn
Ben Goertzel: Yes -- it is true, we have not created a human-level AGI yet. No serious researcher disagrees. So why is it worth repeating the point? Long ago I put Tintner in my killfile -- he's the only one there, and it's regrettable but it was either that or start taking blood pressure

Re: [singularity] Vista/AGI

2008-04-13 Thread Richard Loosemore
Mike Tintner wrote: Mike, Your comments are irresponsible. Many problems of AGI have been solved. If you disagree with that, specify exactly what you mean by a problem of AGI, and let us list them. 1.General Problem Solving and Learning (independently learning/solving problem in, a new

Re: [singularity] Vista/AGI

2008-04-13 Thread Richard Loosemore
Derek Zahn wrote: Ben Goertzel: Yes -- it is true, we have not created a human-level AGI yet. No serious researcher disagrees. So why is it worth repeating the point? Long ago I put Tintner in my killfile -- he's the only one there, and it's regrettable but it was either that or start

Re: [singularity] Vista/AGI

2008-04-13 Thread Mike Tintner
Ben:So why is it worth repeating the point?Similarly, up till the moment when the first astronauts walked on the moon, you could have run around yelping that no one has solved the problem of how to make a person walk on the moon, all they've done is propose methods that seem to have promise. I

Re: [singularity] Vista/AGI

2008-04-13 Thread Samantha Atkins
Mike Tintner wrote: Samantha:From what you said above $50M will do the entire job. If that is all that is standing between us and AGI then surely we can get on with it in all haste. Oh for gawdsake, this is such a tedious discussion. I would suggest the following is a reasonable *framework*

Re: [singularity] Vista/AGI

2008-04-13 Thread Jean-paul Van Belle
Hi Mike Your 1 consists of two separate challenges: (1) reasoning (2) learning IMHO your 3 to 6 can be classified under (3) pattern recognition. I think perhaps even your 2 may flow out of pattern recognition. Of course, the real challenge is to find an algorithmic way (or architecture) to do

Re: [singularity] Vista/AGI

2008-04-13 Thread Mike Tintner
Jean-Paul, More or less yes to your points. (I was only tossing off something quickly). Actually I think there's a common core to 2)-7) and will be setting out something about that soon. But I don't think it's recognizing patterns - on the contrary, the common problem is partly that there

Testing AGI (was RE: [singularity] Vista/AGI)

2008-04-13 Thread Matt Mahoney
--- Derek Zahn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At any rate, if there were some clearly-specified tests that are not AGI-complete and yet not easily attackable with straightforward software engineering or Narrow AI techniques, that would be a huge boost in my opinion to this field. I can't think of

Re: [singularity] Vista/AGI

2008-04-13 Thread bfwible
Ben, Good Afternoon. I am a rather new addition to the AGI mailing list and just read your response concerning the future of AGI. I agree with you. The funding is there. The belief that AGI is right around the corner is not. From the people I talk withthey have read Kurzweil and

Re: [singularity] Vista/AGI

2008-04-13 Thread Ben Goertzel
Hi, Just my personal opinion...but it appears that the exponential technology growth chart, which is used in many of the briefings, does not include AI/AGI. It is processing centric. When you include AI/AGI the exponential technology curve flattens out in the coming years (5-7) and becomes

[singularity] A more accessible summary of the CSP

2008-04-13 Thread Richard Loosemore
Since I am making an effort to get a good chunk of stuff written this week and next, I want to let y'all know when I put out new stuff... I have written a short, accessible summary of the CSP argument on my blog, as a preparation for the next phase tomorrow. Hopefully this one will not be