Sunday, August 19, 2007, Joshua Fox wrote: JF> (but please, only well-confirmed reports rather than JF> supposition).
Maybe more general question that provides information about the same problem is [why don't you donate/work on it/spread the word, other than due to inability to do so]. So, framed that way: I'm not particularly interested in things other than AGI speculated around the topic, since I don't believe they can provide uploading/immortality in my lifetime. Even given nanotechnology with all perks singularitarians give it, control/engineering is going to be too complex to implement these things in resonable time. Race with existential risks doesn't help. By contrast, AGI is going to be relatively simple engineering project given a workable design. AGI doesn't work well with public awareness; only reason to spread the word on this topic is fundraising, for which there first should be identified a target. There is currently no framework for research framed as AGI development, no reasonable grants and institutions. Few people who hint on having a clue about what they are doing intentionally refrain from providing technical details, so one really couldn't tell. This secretive approach is also being rationalized as exclusively correct one. Since non of them has destroyed the world yet, I suppose they overdramatize importance of their findings, but at the same time stall incremental progress. Only thing that's left is to work on the problem yourself, but it falls out of this topic, since very few people have at the same time sufficient background and intuitive inclination telling problem just might be workable, and they are working on it anyway. -- Vladimir Nesov mailto:[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&id_secret=33571207-85e887
