Stefan, I would prefer that you not remain quiet. I would prefer that you pick *specific* points and argue them -- that's the way that science is done. The problem is that AGI is an extremely complex subject and mailing lists are a horrible forum for discussing such unless all participants are both qualified and willing to follow certain rules and assumptions. I'd love to throw a number of people of this list for making baseless proclamations and not defending them but you generally tend not to make broad, baseless statements (the current thread excluded ;-). I *AM* intending to write more to clarify my view of Richard's point but I'm frantically trying to finish a paper due May 15th that is eating up all my spare time at the moment. Remind me late next week if it doesn't appear.
Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: Stefan Pernar To: agi@v2.listbox.com Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 1:03 PM Subject: **SPAM** Re: [agi] Evaluating Conference Quality [WAS Re: Symbol Grounding ...] On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 12:44 AM, Mark Waser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Richard, there is no substance behind your speculations - zero. Zip. And all the fantasy and imagination you so clearly demonstrated here on the board wont make up for that. You make stuff up as you go along and as you need it and you clearly have enough time at your hand to do so. >> Beside Kaj - can we see a show of hand who disagrees with me? Happy to step back and be quiet then. It is too often that people stay quite and let stuff like this slide. Sorry, Stefan, but I disagree strongly with you. Richard has an extremely valid point that is obscured by his explanations and personality. Almost every practitioner of AGI is currently looking for intelligence under a streetlight when every indication is that it is in the darkness less than 10 years off (reasonably close to where Texai is curently headed). Mark - thanks for sharing your point of view. I respect that and will - true to my word - be quiet now. -- Stefan Pernar 3-E-101 Silver Maple Garden #6 Cai Hong Road, Da Shan Zi Chao Yang District 100015 Beijing P.R. CHINA Mobil: +86 1391 009 1931 Skype: Stefan.Pernar ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ agi | Archives | Modify Your Subscription ------------------------------------------- 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=101455710-f059c4 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com