I was including myself on the list of people not contributing to AGI. My research interest is in estimating the cost. One of the techniques I use is to measure text prediction accuracy (an AI problem) as a function of computing power. This research takes a long time. Sorry if it looks like I am not contributing much.
On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 4:26 PM, John Rose <[email protected]> wrote: > Matt, > > Just so you know, you're another one on this list with the same old > repetitive arguments. Like your umpteen quadrillion dollar argument, which > is financially interesting but you keep harping on it over and over and do > little to expand upon and breathe life into it. As well as the endless > rehashing and fixation of compression as intelligence which is > mathematically sound in some ways but c'mon man there is more to it than > that. > > Then you say Ben is alone which he is definitely not and you also > repetitively put down AGI'ers and complain about this and that but you keep > posting the same old broken record-like comments. > > And your closed mindedness on Psi... > > Do you expect optimistic responses to your observations? > > John > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Mahoney [mailto:[email protected]] > > I miss the good old days when there were several people actively > contributing to AGI, either doing research or writing code. Now there is > just Ben. So should we just dissolve the list? Or should we keep it around, > maybe just to crush the dreams of young grad students excited to work on > finally solving this age-old problem? > > > -- Matt Mahoney, [email protected] > > > > > > ------------------------------------------- > AGI > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/3701026-786a0853 > Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com -- -- Matt Mahoney, [email protected] ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
