I posted some comments on DIGG and looked at the videos by Thiel and Yudkowsky. I'm not sure I understand the push to build AGI with private donations when companies like Google are already pouring billions into the problem. I understand the Singularity Institute wants to make sure it is built right (friendly), but we are not anywhere near the point where we know how to do this.
It seems to me that commercial interests are already moving in the right direction, which is not to build humans, but rather to build machines that serve humans. Doing this well requires human capabilities such as language and vision, but does not require duplicating the human motivational system. The top level goal of humans is to propagate their DNA. The top level goal of machines should be to serve humans. We have always built machines this way. --- Bruce Klein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks, Stefan... here's more info from Tyler: > http://www.imminst.org/forum/index.php?s=&act=ST&f=11&t=15918 > > Bruce > > Stefan Pernar wrote: > > Dear all, > > > > As you may know the SIAI has started a matching challenge of 400'000 > > USD please help to get the word out by digging the story and thereby > > putting it on Digg's front page: > > > > http://digg.com/general_sciences/SIAI_seeks_funding_for_AI_research > > > > Xie Xie, > > > > Stefan -- Matt Mahoney, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- 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/?member_id=4007604&user_secret=8eb45b07
