I agree with your statement, "if someone does manage to produce a working AGI it's probably game over for software engineering and software companies as we know them today." But another equally likely scenario is that Microsoft will buy it - and not reverse engineer it. Perhaps they can't reverse engineer it. I can certainly see whatever group creates it, will probably sell it to a company with great distribution power - like Microsoft, and Google. This is a strong case of maybe why these software giants are not interested in creating AGI themselves - but they have feelers out there, and are ready to snap it up. It's definitely a race to achieve it for many. If I was lucky enough to be part of a group tat created it - I would try to persuade the other members to sell out (for HUGE bucks) - because companies like Microsoft have the distribution problem licked. A 20 way multi-billion dollar split is not too shabby.
On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 6:02 PM, Bob Mottram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A more likely scenario is that someone else creates an AGI and then > Microsoft copies it some time later. But seriously, if someone does manage > to produce a working AGI it's probably game over for software engineering > and software companies as we know them today. > > > > On 24/03/2008, Aki Iskandar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Ben - your email scared me. I thought the evil empire (I can say that > > since I worked for them for a few years) achieved *some* level of cognition > > / AGI ... even the most rudimentary signs of intelligence / learned behavior > > - prediction machine. > > > > Whew! It's not that at all! I know they are interested in expert > > systems for the verticals (for new server product offerings), and in narrow > > AI for their current offerings, but I don't have any confirmations on their > > intent to create an AGI. I would imagine it is one of their goals over at > > MS Research - but maybe not. > > > > ~Aki > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 4:31 PM, Ben Goertzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > http://www.codeplex.com/singularity > > > > > > ------------------------------------------- > > > agi > > > Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > > > RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ > > > Modify Your Subscription: http://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > > > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Aki R. Iskandar > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ------------------------------ > > *agi* | Archives <http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> > > <http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/> | > > Modify<http://www.listbox.com/member/?&;>Your Subscription > > <http://www.listbox.com> > > > > ------------------------------ > *agi* | Archives <http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> > <http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/> | > Modify<http://www.listbox.com/member/?&;>Your Subscription > <http://www.listbox.com> > -- Aki R. Iskandar [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: http://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=98558129-0bdb63 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
