On 3/16/08, Eric B. Ramsay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It took Microsoft over 1000 engineers, $6 Billion and several years to > make Vista. Will building an AGI be any less formidable? If the AGI effort > is comparable, how can the relatively small efforts of Ben (comparatively > speaking) and others possibly succeed? If the effort to build an AGI is not > comparable, why not? Perhaps a consortium (non-governmental) should be > created specifically for the building of an AGI. Ben talks about a Manhattan > style project. A consortium could pool all resources currently available > (people and hardware), actively seek private funds on a continuing basis > and give coherence to the effort. > > Eric B. Ramsay > > ------------------------------ > *singularity* | Archives<http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/11983/=now> > <http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/11983/> | > Modify<http://www.listbox.com/member/?&;>Your Subscription > <http://www.listbox.com> >
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