Which down the line Richard is why I asked for a technical thesis on how you propose this entire theory of yours is going to work. Until that 'blueprint' so to speak is mapped out then it's fantasy ! Candice> Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:14:31 -0400> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected]> Subject: Re: [singularity] How to Stop Fantasying About Future AGI's> > Mike Tintner wrote:> > [snip]> > > > When you and others speculate about the future emotional systems of > > AGI's though - that is not in any way based on any comparable reality. > > There are no machines with functioning emotional systems at the moment > > on which you can base predictions.> > When the Wright brothers started work, there were no heavier-than-air > machines that could fly under their own power, and many people did not > think it possible that there ever would be.> > The brothers used their technical knowledge to zero in on the possible > structure of such a machine.> > When I talk about the emotional mechanisms built into an AGI, I speak of > the work I have been doing as a cognitive scientist and AI researcher > for the last couple of 25 years, as well as the work of many other people.> > There are many people on these lists would would like to know what, > given the sum total of that knowledge of the field, might be the next > few steps in the developement of such systems, so I do my best to share > that understanding.> > If someone came into the field with no reading and no understanding of > the issues, and if they speculated on the emotional states of future AGI > systems then, I grant you, THAT would be fantasy.> > > > Richard Loosemore> > -----> 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/?&; _________________________________________________________________ Get free emoticon packs and customisation from Windows Live. http://www.pimpmylive.co.uk
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