On 08/12/2007, Benjamin Goertzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I.e. the "AGI meets robotics" meme is VERY far from affecting the > commercial robotics > industry, it would seem. Which is a shame.
This comes back to what Matt Trossen was talking about in that both he and I think that the big innovations in robotics probably aren't going to come either from academic research or from big companies. These organisations have the means and opportunity, but lack the motivation to produce truly intelligent machines. Most likely the really smart stuff is going to come from tinkerers - hobbyists or maybe small businesses. As a hobbyist (or independently wealthy international playboy) you can afford to invest years of effort into something which may have no obvious financial payback, and we've already seen this style of development successfully employed to create software such as the GNU/Linux operating system. ----- 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/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=73974153-473c7e
