BillK:> There are collaborative whiteboard systems available on the net for free.
(The paid versions have more enhancements). Sort of like wikis plus editable diagrams plus comments. <http://www.skrbl.com/> is one example. Video-conferencing systems can be similar, but free versions are usually limited to a few participants. <http://thinkature.com/about/> BillK,
This is a VERY constructive suggestion - although after a quick try, I'm still wrestling with skrbl!
I've often thought that many discussions on these boards are hopelessly limited by being purely print. It would be great to be able to easily incorporate photos/ vids and especially this whiteboard for graphics/drawings plus text.
And it would be great also to have a live purely audio or visual seminar/discussion if people want to participate. I think Skype does offer that facility already - although I haven't tried it. Certainly Skype video is v. easy.
The big problem is making the enormous shift in mindset necessary to start using these extra facilities - and also to identify the occasions when they're worth using. Some kind of conventions would need to be established.
It's particularly important, I believe, for AI/AGI - I personally am convinced that vast numbers of people here are wasting their lives on variations of symbolic GOFAI and almost no one seems fully to realise that rationality is based on imagination (the capacity to form images), not the other way round. Learning to incorporate a whiteboard plus other visuals would help people, I believe, to literally see that truth.
These are just my first reactions. But it would be interesting to hear further thoughts & suggestions. (This does need tossing around & brainstorming).
Also, this discussion is probably much more appropriate to the AGI board. My impression is that few people here have more than an extremely vague IMAGE in their minds of what they mean by some superAGI - and, in fairness, it may well be extremely difficult-to-impossible to form any image.
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