I'm looking for some partners to develop the AGI described on my web page, and I'm also interested in more long-term and large-scale collaboration with other AGI groups.
I think currently AGI is going through a fermenting stage before a dominant design will emerge. This will require a lot of work, and it is not at all predictable which group's design will turn out to be successful. I'm afraid right now most people have not thought about how to capture the AGI market value, because we're still too busy experimenting. AGI will become a very pervasive technology and capturing its value is a serious challenge. I can understand how AI researchers always believe in the eventual success of their projects, but it is also quite *predictable* that only one AGI group will achieve market domination. This outcome will be devastating to other groups, as history has shown. It's not sensible to assume that every group can somehow carve a niche in the market. If we don’t try to collaborate to capture market value, it is actually very likely that many groups will not be able to sustain their research. And it is also very predictable that some later startups will achieve dominance because they have not incurred early research costs. In short, the outcome will be very chaotic. If we don’t want this to happen to us, we can form a research consortium to better capture market value and so everyone will get a slice of the pie. This will also facilitate communication and external knowledge sharing between AGI groups (such as sharing a virtual sensory environment testbed). Also, research groups can remain autonomous and explore their unique ideas if they want. There're also other issues that may require division of labor. Such as special sections for security, hardware implementation, marketing, etc. Maybe we can start a discussion on how to divide future AGI revenues among different groups. YKY ____________________________________________________________ Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10 ------- To unsubscribe, change your address, or temporarily deactivate your subscription, please go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
