Ben wrote: That doesn't mean they couldn't have some smart staff who shifted research interest to AGI after moving to Google, but it doesn't seem tremendously likely.
I don't agree. Google is a form of research engine that enables information in grose load. How you "decyfer" it, is up to the individual. Having the advantage of learning about so many new interests may lead to new conclusive ideas. Ben: I don't have the impression they are funding a lot of blue-sky AGI ... I would have to agree but I think they will become more wise regarding the "how important research is regarding AGI." Ben wrote: So, my opinion remains that: Google staff described as working on "AI" are almost surely working on clever variants of highly scalable statistical language processing. So, if you believe that this kind of work is likely to lead to powerful AGI, then yeah, you should attach a fairly high probability to the outcome that Google will create AGI. Personally I think it's very unlikely (though not impossible) that AGI is going to emerge via this route. I think an AGI will be a mix of both a Google staff as well as a working clever variant. Thanks Anna:) On 2/19/07, Shane Legg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I saw a talk about a year or two ago where one of the Google founders was asked if they had projects to build general purpose artificial intelligence. He answered that they did not have such a project at the company level, however they did have many AI people in the company, some of whom where interested in this kind of thing. Indeed a few people were playing around with such projects as part of their 20% free time in the company. Shane ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?list_id=11983
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