Mike, you've got me all wrong, in this particular regard!! My practical plan for creating AGI does in fact involve creating a society of AGI's, living in online virtual worlds like Second Life and Metaplace ...
(Although, these AGI's will be able to share thoughts with each other, in a kind of collective memory and learning substrate, which is something that humans can't do ... so they'll really be what I've called a Mindplex rather than a society http://www.goertzel.org/dynapsyc/2003/mindplex.htm ) However, in principle, I do not agree with you that a society of AGI's is necessary for creating AGI's. Even though my practical plan is in fact to create a society of AGI's... Also, collective intelligence has been under study for decades in the systems theory world. In 2001 Francis Heylighen and I ran a conference in Brussels called Global Brain 0, which was focused on the notion of an emerging, increasingly cohesive global collective intelligence. I made a blog post on a related theme a couple days ago... http://www.singinst.org/blog/2007/10/29/on-becoming-a-neuron/ -- Ben G On Oct 30, 2007 5:00 PM, Mike Tintner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There is a certain irony, considering how much you guys have agonized > (perfectly reasonably) about open-sourcing or "collectivising" the building > of an AGI, that you should instantly dismiss the "collectivising" or > distributing of the AGI itself (or themselves). (That Wisdom of Crowds book > was only last year - I really think this is all still fairly virgin > territory). > > > Well put. (BTW as perspective here, I should point out that what I've > > raised > > calls for a whole new branch/dimension of social psychology - the study > > of > > collective intelligence. > > > Not new to everyone ;-) > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_intelligence > ------------------------------ > 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/?&; > > ------------------------------ > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.12/1098 - Release Date: > 10/29/2007 9:28 AM > > ------------------------------ > 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/?&; > ----- 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=59259213-0d9f2d
