I see the pattern as much more of the same. You now have Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Internet Information Server, Microsoft Exchange Server and then you'll have Microsoft Intelligence Server or Microsoft Cognitive Server. It'll be limited by licenses, resources and features. The cool part though would be when you can link them together like with Federations in Microsoft Communications Server. I don't see any of this "all our problems will be solved" scenario since companies still need to make a buck and the same old human vices are not going away.
Nanotechnological AGI perhaps with software AGI influence has the potential to change everything beyond recognition. Plain old software AGI will be constrained for a while. John From: Bob Mottram [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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. ------------------------------------------- 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
