On 1/6/07, Benjamin Goertzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Needless to say, I don't consider cleaning up the house a particularly interesting goal for AGI projects. I can well imagine it being done by a narrow AI system with no capability to do anything besides manipulate simple objects, navigate, etc. Being able to understand natural language commands pertaining to cleaning up the house is a whole other kettle of fish, of course. This, as opposed to the actual house-cleaning, appears to be an "AGI-hard" problem...
But if the AGI were built, wouldn't it be the intelligence to pretty much the entire world of human-moron level housecleaning robots? All they'd need is wifi to get instructions from the main brain. But then a real AGI would likely become the main brain for just about ever process control program we use, so the term quickly changes from human-moron level to human-level moron. :) I really want to see a central traffic computer take driving away from all the unqualified (or disinterested) drivers on the roads. I'd really like to see companies get incentives to allow "knowledge workers" work from home offices to save commute time and fuel resources, but until that happens (yeah, the employer wants to give up their sense of control?) it would be nice to reclaim that time by allowing me to focus on what *I* want rather than on driving. ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?list_id=303
