I just saw your email posting about agi/bica. I have been involved in AI starting in 1975 (in robotics at Unimation, the people with the first robot patent). I was a member of the robot group at IBM Research. I have worked on just about every known approach to AI (expert systems, knowledge representation, speech, vision, robots, neural nets, ML, planning, etc. I've designed a CMOS chip, a controller board, and gotten hand-dirty on hydraulics and gears for robots).
I created a new language (KROPS) which IBM used in their FAME Financial and Marketing Expert System. I co-authored ECLPS, a rule-based system. I used a neural net to recognize and classify drugs from drug diagrams. I designed, built, and gave a talk at MIT on my Design-to-Build planning system using 3D modelling. I wrote a system to reverse-engineer malware binaries. I worked on a speech system for banking. I wrote control and vision software for several different robot systems. My last effort at CMU involved a man/robot system to change a car tire. I have written code for RL from the OpenAI sandbox. I've taken courses, such as Andrew Ng's ML course. I have a large chess game dataset on my website I used to attempt to train a deep neural net (badly). I am enrolled in Autoware's self-driving car course. I have a mobile robot and a robot arm here at home that I use to play with ideas. I have also spent a lot of time reading about AI, e.g. "Parsing the Turing Test", I've read just about everything I can find on the subject in CS, Biology, and Philosophy. I've taken 3 courses in brain anatomy, studied the cellular level chemistry, and protein structures in nerve cells. I've studied the nerve structure of the C. Elegans worm. I've taken 3 courses in quantum mechanics. I've read the speculation about how quantum processes could underlie thinking (microtubules). I have a theory about consciousness that involves emergent complexity, chaotic theory, and self-modification. The resulting mathematics allows an escape from "the Turing / Godel box". So far, everyone I've presented to just cringes at ideas like self-modification. (See Barwise, Jon and Moss, Lawrence "Vicious Circles", CSLI Publications 1996 https://www.amazon.com/Barwise-Vicious-Circles-Language-Information/dp/B00SCVI0OW/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=Vicious+Circles+barwise&qid=1593692109&sr=8-2) I don't think I'm any closer than anyone else, but I've certainly given it a lot of thought and study. All of THAT noise was to convince you that I am not naive about the subject. After 50 years, IN MY PROFESSIONAL OPINION: Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is nonsense. Tim On 7/1/20, Eugene Surowitz <su...@verizon.net> wrote: > I seem to remember that you had something to do with "AXIOM" ;-) > > The AXIOM algebra source could be one component of the prospective project. > Did you see the "Foundations" post? > > What times are good for calls? > > Cheers, Gene > > > On 6/30/20 8:05 PM, Tim Daly wrote: >> And this involves me how? >> >> I am so confused. >> >> If you want to talk, my home number is 724-899-3136 >> >> >> On 6/30/20, Eugene Surowitz <su...@verizon.net> wrote: >>> >>> I am talking about private support for a project that involves a >>> solution >>> to >>> >>> $n0,000/yr x 20yr = k X M >>> >>> where n is an integer in 5, k is probably 1, M = 10^6, x is >>> multiplication; >>> parameters are adjustable. >>> >>> The funding is a done deal in the sense that I have complete control of >>> it. >>> >>> A home location for the project is needed; >>> the legal necessities are being explored. >>> >>> Cheers, Gene >>> >>> On 6/29/20 8:20 PM, Tim Daly wrote: >>>> I have no idea what you are talking about. >>>> >>>> On 6/29/20, Eugene Surowitz <su...@verizon.net> wrote: >>>>> OK! >>>>> >>>>> I need to be a little careful since the effort mentioned >>>>> in my "Foundations" post is very serious and involves another >>>>> well known project. >>>>> >>>>> I am just starting lining up what needs to be done. >>>>> >>>>> Please do not not post this. >>>>> >>>>> Gene >>>>> >>>>> On 6/28/20 6:08 PM, Tim Daly wrote: >>>>>> I use this one >>>>>> >>>>>> On 6/28/20, Eugene Surowitz <su...@verizon.net> wrote: >>>>>>> Which email address should I use for a private conversation? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Cheers, Gene >>>>>>> >>>>> >>> >