Chuck,
I did not mean to poopoo their efforts..only that they should not make such
grand claims that they aren't even close to achieving.
FYI...After reading Hawkins book I actually believe that his ideas may
indeed underlie a future AGI system...but they need to be fleshed out in
much greater detail...
Cheers,
K
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-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck Esterbrook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 12:20 AM
To: agi@v2.listbox.com
Subject: Re: [agi] Fwd: Numenta Newsletter: March 20, 2007
On 3/20/07, Ben Goertzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I would certainly expect that a mature Novamente system would be able
> to easily solve this kind of invariant recognition problem. However,
> just because a human toddler can solve this sort of problem easily,
> doesn't mean a "toddler" level AGI should be able to solve it equally
> easily.
> Different specific modalities will
> come more naturally to different intelligences, and humans are
> particularly visual in focus...
I generally agree, but wanted to ask this: Shouldn't AGIs be visual in focus
because we are? We want AGIs to help us with various tasks many of which
will require looking at diagrams, illustrations and pictures.
And that's just the static material.
I guess I worry about the applicability... Would a blind AGI really be able
to find more effective treatments for heart disease, cancer and aging?
Regarding Numenta, they tout "irrespective of scale, distortion and noise"
and they chose a visual demonstration, so it seems that at least their AGI
work is deserving of Kevin's criticism. Still, I give them credit for
breaking ground and pushing forward. It may turn into something yet. And we
need more AGI efforts, not less.
-Chuck
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