On 3/28/07, Russell Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Do you have a source of finance? This is not a rhetorical question; if you
have, I'd be very interested in working for money.
Yes, I think I have "seed" capital, that is enough to get a conventional startup started. Also I believe getting subsequent VC funding is not that difficult. But it seems that AGI is more complex than a conventional startup. It is not programming that is the problem, at least not yet. Currently we need the ability of a group of people to come up with *algorithms* that work within a certain architecture. Some of these algorithms are not well-known to standard AI students (eg inference, belief revision, probabilistic logic, etc). I estimate that a *minimal* AGI core may consist of ~100K lines of code. So programming is not the problem. We need people who have a good understanding of the right algorithms. Russell -- I recognize that our ideas are quite similar and that your views are usually very sensible, so there is a good chance that we can work together. But IMO we should wait for more partners. Another option is to work as a spin-off of Novamente, licensing some of Ben's technology (eg probabilistic logic). Also we may borrow an established knowledge representation scheme, eg Cyc, or Novamente's. A dilemma is that starting from scratch seems too much work, but working with older tech (eg Cyc) requires modifications as well. YKY ----- 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
