That seems a pretty sketchy anti-AGI argument, given the coordinated advances in computer hardware, computer science and cognitive science during the last couple decades, which put AGI designers in a quite different position from where we were in the 80's ...
ben On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 7:56 PM, Matt Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- On Sun, 9/21/08, Vladimir Nesov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hence the question: you are making a very strong assertion by > > effectively saying that there is no shortcut, period (in the > > short-term perspective, anyway). How sure are you in this > > assertion? > > I can't prove it, but the fact that thousands of smart people have worked > on AI for decades without results suggests that an undiscovered shortcut is > about as likely as proving P = NP. Not that I expect people to stop trying > to solve either of these... > > > -- Matt Mahoney, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ------------------------------------------- > 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/?&; > Powered by Listbox: 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
