Yes of course, as I have been working on this stuff since way before Google existed... or before the Web existed...
Anyway, use of Google as an information resource is distinct from use of Google as a metaphor or inspiration for AGI ... after all, I would not even know about AI had I never encountered paper, yet the properties of paper have really not been inspirational in my AGI design efforts... ben On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 11:31 AM, Mike Tintner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > Mike, Google has had basically no impact on the AGI thinking of myself or > 95% of the other serious AGI researchers I know... > > Ben, > > Come again. Your thinking about a superAGI, and AGI takeoff, is not TOTALLY > dependent on Google? You would stlll argue that a superAGI is possible > WITHOUT access to the information resources of Google? > > I suggest that you have made a blind claim above - and a classic > illustration of McLuhan's argument that most people, including > intellectuals, do tend to be blind to how the media they use massively shape > their thinking about the world - and reshape their nervous system. > > ------------------------------ > *agi* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/> | > Modify<https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;>Your Subscription > <http://www.listbox.com> > -- Ben Goertzel, PhD CEO, Novamente LLC and Biomind LLC Director of Research, SIAI [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be first overcome " - Dr Samuel Johnson ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=114414975-3c8e69 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
