Hey, Can't be too careful something's going around nuking planets maybe one of our ET neighbors let their AGI out of the coop: http://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/PSF14/Session/G1.3
John > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Ben Goertzel > Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2014 9:09 PM > To: [email protected]; John Rose > Subject: Re: [agi] AGI box experiment ;D > > It would take a pretty big box, to contain the cloud, yeah... > > And we would also be residents of that box, so its only point would be to > perhaps save potential extraterrestrials from our AGI creations 8-D ... > > On Thu, Nov 27, 2014 at 7:46 PM, John Rose via AGI <[email protected]> > wrote: > > OK, look at the trend though. Cloud. If AGI lives in the cloud it is > > effectively a mobile agent as long as the cloud it lives in doesn't > > tie it down to the hardware or the cloud specific software. Or if you > > build it on premise it needn't be tied to the hardware. > > > > It's effectively a mobile agent that moves across clusters of > > computers verses a mobile agent on a computer that moves across > > computers. BUT companies want proprietary AGI so they will tightly > > couple it to their systems so there is an advantage IMO to designing a > > mobile AGI. Conveniently just having it abstracted to run on a > > particular OS using readily available software libraries solves much > > of this. Though cloud companies do offer proprietary communication > > busses and other interlinks that are very powerful and are easy to get > hooked on... > > > > John > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Logan Streondj via AGI [mailto:[email protected]] > >> Subject: Re: [agi] AGI box experiment ;D > >> > >> > >> domestic dogs, cats, rabbits, all live longer than computers. > >> half life of flash drive 4 years, cpu 7 years, disk drive 6 years, > >> cd-rom > > ~20-30 > >> years in best of conditions. > >> > >> In reality an AGI would need spare parts like we need protein, > >> lubricants, sealants, for heat-flow and waterproofing like we need > >> nutrients, and electricity like we need carbohydrates. > >> > >> I've read lots of sci-fi authors write about them like they will be > > immortal or > >> something, living hundreds of years in desolate places. > >> In truth any such AGI would need a whole technological eco-system > >> just to stay up and functioning. > >> > >> Sure there are benefits, like sensors and backups, but I think a lot > >> of promoters skip the difficulties, which is what makes AGI more > >> relateable, more human. > >> > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------- 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
