Linas' introductory text on a formal mathematical definition of interpretation and how it is related to interpretation. Jim Bromer
On Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at 12:27 PM Jim Bromer <jimbro...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>Or maybe others would just ignore it because ideas are cheap and > developing them is hard work. > >>Nobody wants your amazing ideas. > >>Microsoft has made this an explicit policy. > > It is unlikely that an idea that could be expressed in a book (a book-like > form) would explain something that other people hadn't been able to figure > out before. But publications (including public postings) can help people in > many different ways which is why we post and read things in this group in > spite of the fact that it is (and oh, by the way, we are) a crackpot group. > For instance I read Linus's introductory text on interpretation and it > started me thinking of things that I hadn't been thinking of. After some > reflection I realized that the stuff I thought about were very similar to > things that I had thought about before, but I was probably thinking about > these ideas in slightly different ways. > Microsoft and Apple's reason they did not want people to submit their > ideas was because they did not want someone claiming to have originally > thought or produced something that the company produced or used. It was a > legal policy that has financial implications. It had nothing to do with the > value of ideas. > There are two important issues. Is someone exaggerating? Is the idea > actually useful? > The irony is that to be really useful a great idea should be both > relatively simple (so that it is useful) and it should have a great deal of > potential which often means that it can be used to create more complicated > 'things' which can be 'handled effectively'. > Jim Bromer > > > On Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at 10:50 AM Matt Mahoney <mattmahone...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> The long awaited sequel to AI4U. :-/ >> >> If I had a an idea that I thought would greatly accelerate AGI, maybe I >> would publish it so that when others developed it and proved me right, I >> would get credit and worldwide game for thinking of it first. >> >> Or maybe others would just ignore it because ideas are cheap and >> developing them is hard work. >> >> Nobody wants your amazing ideas. >> >> Microsoft has made this an explicit policy. From >> https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/ms840423(v=msdn.10) >> >> Unsolicited Idea Submission Policy >> <https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/ms840423%28v=msdn.10%29#unsolicited-idea-submission-policy> >> >> Microsoft or any of its employees do not accept or consider unsolicited >> ideas, including ideas for new advertising campaigns, new promotions, new >> products or technologies, processes, materials, marketing plans or new >> product names. Please do not send any original creative artwork, samples, >> demos, or other works. The sole purpose of this policy is to avoid >> potential misunderstandings or disputes when Microsoft's products or >> marketing strategies might seem similar to ideas submitted to Microsoft. >> So, please do not send your unsolicited ideas to Microsoft or anyone at >> Microsoft. If, despite our request that you not send us your ideas and >> materials, you still send them, please understand that Microsoft makes no >> assurances that your ideas and materials will be treated as confidential or >> proprietary. >> >> Apple has a nearly identical policy. >> https://www.apple.com/legal/intellectual-property/policies/ideas.html >> >> Sorry for feeding the troll. >> >> *Artificial General Intelligence List <https://agi.topicbox.com/latest>* >> / AGI / see discussions <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi> + >> participants <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/members> + delivery >> options <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription> Permalink >> <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/Tce9815747c90f0c7-Md3be4b949b3bebb2d7d6e8bc> >> ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/Tce9815747c90f0c7-Mb9469dccfeb8e13fda2cf2d9 Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
