Steve, Link to patent? Thanks On 3/24/15, Steve Richfield <[email protected]> wrote: > Matt, > > On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 12:49 PM, Matt Mahoney <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> We all have our pet theories why AGI is unsolved. Meanwhile, Google and >> Facebook are making real progress while ignoring them. >> > > ... and I have "hired" (for a piece of the action) a CEO , who has prepared > a business plan to raise $10M, to build substantially the same AI system to > exceed Google's and Facebook's apparent present plans described in the > patent, and I will be meeting with the first prospective investor on > Thursday. Wish me luck. > > So, yes I very much agree with your comments. Looooong before present AGI > efforts could possibly bear fruit, the Internet will be producing the > promised benefits of AGI quite well. Feel honored - I referenced your work > in my patent. > > Nonetheless I will continue to hang around here, as just maybe some > motivated newbie (e.g. Jim) might come up with the Holy Grail of AGI, or in > failing, might so clearly exhibit whatever character flaws are needed to > make such efforts reliably fail, that we can avoid those same pitfalls in > the future. > > Steve > ==================== > >> On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 5:43 PM, colin hales via AGI <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Of course you know my take on this: It's because we've been insisting on >>> using computers and assuming consciousness away for 60 years. >>> Cheers >>> Colin >>> ------------------------------ >>> From: Steve Richfield via AGI <[email protected]> >>> Sent: 24/03/2015 8:09 AM >>> To: AGI <[email protected]> >>> Subject: [agi] Half a Wish... >>> >>> In most areas of research, there are ways of recognizing way-points on >>> the path to domination. For example, in medical research, the halfway >>> point >>> to curing an illness is typically marked when you can answer the >>> question >>> "Why is this illness really a good thing?!!!" The answer usually >>> contains >>> an explanation of why the patient would be dead by now if their body >>> hadn't >>> taken action leading to the present illness, which uncovers an invisible >>> underlying malfunction that is the REAL problem, etc. >>> >>> I wonder what way-points there might be on the path to AGI? Perhaps this >>> will come when someone can answer the question "Why is AGI so >>> difficult?", >>> but I suspect others here might have their own ideas regarding >>> way-points >>> to AGI, as different from way-points along wrong paths. >>> >>> Thoughts? >>> >>> Steve >>> >>> *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> >>> <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/11721311-f886df0a> | >>> Modify <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> Your Subscription >>> <http://www.listbox.com> >>> *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> >>> <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/3701026-786a0853> | >>> Modify <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> Your Subscription >>> <http://www.listbox.com> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> -- Matt Mahoney, [email protected] >> *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> >> <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/10443978-6f4c28ac> | >> Modify >> <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> >> Your Subscription <http://www.listbox.com> >> > > > > -- > Full employment can be had with the stoke of a pen. Simply institute a six > hour workday. That will easily create enough new jobs to bring back full > employment. > > > > ------------------------------------------- > AGI > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/11943661-d9279dae > Modify Your Subscription: > https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com >
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