Ben: I may be mistaken, but it seems to me that AGI today in 2008 is "in the air" again after 50 years. You are not trying to present a completely novel and unheard of idea and with today's crowd of sophisticated angel investors I am surprised that no one bites given the modest sums involved. BTW I was not trying to give needless advice, just finishing my thoughts. I already took it as a given that you look for funding. I am trying to understand why no one bites. It's not as if there are a hundred different AGI efforts out there to choose from. I am surprised that the reason may only be that the project isn't far enough along (too immature) given the historical precedents of what investors have ponied up money for before. There is nothing in the world comparable to the impact that an AGI would make (and I know you know this). Shouldn't this fire the imagination of someone for whom 10 mil. is a charity donation?
Eric B. Ramsay Eric B. Ramsay Ben Goertzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If the concept behind Novamente is truly compelling enough, it > should be no problem to make a successful pitch. > > Eric B. Ramsay Gee ... you mean, I could pitch the idea of funding Novamente to people with money?? I never thought of that!! Thanks for the advice ;-pp Evidently, the concept behind Novamente is not "truly compelling enough" to the casual observer, as we have failed to attract big-bucks backers so far... Many folks we've talked to are interested in what we're doing but it seems we'll have to get further toward the end goal in order to overcome their AGI skepticism... Part of the issue is that the concepts underlying NM are both complex and subtle, not lending themselves all that well to "elevator pitch" treatment ... or even "PPT summary" treatment (though there are summaries in both PPT and conference-paper form). If you think that's a mark against NM, consider this: What's your elevator-pitch description of how the human brain works? How about the human body? Businesspeople favor the simplistic, yet the engineering of complex cognitive systems doesn't match well with this bias.... Please note that many successful inventors in history have had huge trouble getting financial backing, although in hindsight we find their ideas "truly compelling." (And, many failed inventors with terrible ideas have also had huge trouble getting financial backing...) -- Ben G ------------------------------------------- singularity Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/11983/=now RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/11983/ Modify Your Subscription: http://www.listbox.com/member/?&; Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com ------------------------------------------- singularity Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/11983/=now RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/11983/ Modify Your Subscription: http://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=4007604&id_secret=98631122-712fa4 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
