Wait, what's this about death threats? I haven't been following the list closely for the last few months.
On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 10:07 AM, Logan Streondj via AGI <[email protected]> wrote: > Recently read Ben's article reacting to Elon Musk's FUD. > As you may know the mass media is certainly not on our side. > Though things are improving, such as from Terminator to Transcendence. > In the recent Captain America movie there was a nazi scientist AGI... > > Anyways so I decided to check the AGI mailing lists, noticed Jim's > been talking about making a naturalistic programming language. > Don't know if you remember but I've been working on human speakable > programming language for several years now. Actually ever since I > found out about Ben Goertzel attempting to use Lojban for Novamente. > > I've come to realize that my project SPEL (Speakable Programming for > Every Langauge) is also useful as a form of very precise automated > translation, usable for businesses, policy makers, and private chat. > It would be in competition with current Controlled Natural Languages. > Since Mwak (current name of core language) uses features which are > commonly found in all the worlds major languages, it is easy to use as > a pivot between them. > > I currently have a javascript implementation to allow for people to do > translations in their browsers, it will be usable even offline. > Thus it will allow greater privacy and accuracy than google translate, > though admitedly it would require much more training/learning, > since the vocabulary is limited and grammar is strict. > > Anyways so how can this help with making AGI more globally acceptable? > Because people that write in mwak or a variant, will be feeding the > AGI knowledge databases, thus will be contributing to the AGI project. > People feel attached, and proud of things they have contributed to. > Similar to wikipedia, though a contribution in one langauge, is > instantly available in all supported langauges. > > In this way as Steve Richfield was saying we'd need billions or > trillions of dollars invested to garner enough man hours of labour. We > can crowd-source the developers, since anyone that learns a mwak > variant would be able to with minimal additional effort learn to > program with their mwak variant, and contribute to the source base. > No longer will programming be something for a mystical elite, > but it will be accessible even to the african farmer, > that can put together a few sentences in swahili, > on their smart phone or other mobile device. > > Only through involving the masses can we gain their acceptance, > I believe this is certainly one way of doing so. > In any case, I understand the death threats and such, > so I'm making provisions, and taking precautions, > since I want to live a long and healthy life. > > Ben, our leader, and public face, > is most brave for putting himself out there. > Though ya, consider getting a vest, > at least for those funny gut feeling events. > We need you. > > Thanks :-) > -- > Logan Streondj > > > > > ------------------------------------------- > AGI > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/23050605-2da819ff > Modify Your Subscription: > https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > ------------------------------------------- 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
