Yeah, the AGIRI wiki has been there for years ... the hard thing is getting people to contribute to it (and I myself rarely find the time...)
But if others don't chip in, I'll complete my little non-textbook myself sometime w/in the next month ... -- Ben On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 10:52 PM, Aki Iskandar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok - that was silly of me. After visiting the link (which was after I sent > the email), I noticed that is WAS a Wiki. > > My apologies. > > ~Aki > > > > > On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 9:47 PM, Aki Iskandar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Thanks Ben. AGI is a daunting field to say the least. Many scientific > domains are involved in various degrees. I am very happy to see something > like this, because knowing where to start is not so obvious for the > beginner. I actually recently purchased Artificial Intelligence: A Modern > Approach - but only because I did not know where else to start. I have the > programming down - but, like most others, I don't know *what* to program. > > > > I really hope that others will contribute to your TOC. In fact, I am > willing to put up and host an "AGI Wiki" if theis community would find it of > use. I'd need a few weeks - because I don't have the time right now - but > it is a worthwhile endeavor, and I'm happy to do it. > > > > ~Aki > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 6:46 PM, Ben Goertzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > A lot of students email me asking me what to read to get up to speed on > AGI. > > > > > > So I started a wiki page called "Instead of an AGI Textbook", > > > > > > > http://www.agiri.org/wiki/Instead_of_an_AGI_Textbook#Computational_Linguistics > > > > > > Unfortunately I did not yet find time to do much but outline a table > > > of contents there. > > > > > > So I'm hoping some of you can chip in and fill in some relevant > > > hyperlinks on the pages > > > I've created ;-) > > > > > > For those of you too lazy to click the above link, here is the > > > introductory note I put on the wiki page: > > > > > > > > > ******** > > > > > > I've often lamented the fact that there is no advanced undergrad level > > > textbook for AGI, analogous to what Russell and Norvig is for Narrow > > > AI. > > > > > > Unfortunately, I don't have time to write such a textbook, and no one > > > else with the requisite knowledge and ability seems to have the time > > > and inclination either. > > > > > > So, instead of a textbook, I thought it would make sense to outline > > > here what the table of contents of such a textbook might look like, > > > and to fill in each section within each chapter in this TOC with a few > > > links to available online resources dealing with the topic of the > > > section. > > > > > > However, all I found time to do today (March 25, 2008) is make the > > > TOC. Maybe later I will fill in the links on each section's page, or > > > maybe by the time I get around it some other folks will have done it. > > > > > > While nowhere near as good as a textbook, I do think this can be a > > > valuable resource for those wanting to get up to speed on AGI concepts > > > and not knowing where to turn to get started. There are some available > > > AGI bibliographies, but a structured bibliography like this can > > > probably be more useful than an unstructured and heterogeneous one. > > > > > > Naturally my initial TOC represents some of my own biases, but I trust > > > that by having others help edit it, these biases will ultimately "come > > > out in the wash. > > > > > > Just to be clear: the idea here is not to present solely AGI material. > > > Rather the idea is to present material that I think students would do > > > well to know, if they want to work on AGI. This includes some AGI, > > > some narrow AI, some psychology, some neuroscience, some mathematics, > > > etc. > > > > > > ******* > > > > > > > > > -- Ben > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Ben Goertzel, PhD > > > CEO, Novamente LLC and Biomind LLC > > > Director of Research, SIAI > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > "If men cease to believe that they will one day become gods then they > > > will surely become worms." > > > -- Henry Miller > > > > > > ------------------------------------------- > > > 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] > > > > -- > Aki R. 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