[agi] Re: An amazing blind (?!!) boy (and a super mom!)
On 27/09/2007, Eliezer S. Yudkowsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is why the word impossible has no place outside of math departments. Original Message Subject: [bafuture] An amazing blind (?!!) boy (and a super mom!) Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:49:42 -0700 From: Kennita Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] This reminds me of the line from Galaxy Quest -- Never give up. Never surrender. Hurray! http://www.metacafe.com/watch/779704/best_video_of_the_year/ More information can be found here on wikipedia, unsurprisingly http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_echolocation To me this ability that he evidences should be the fundamental building block of agi theories of the future. The ability to re-purpose resources to find new and different information about the state of the world buried within the information stream, seems to me a necessary precursor to reasoning about and learning from that stream. Admittedly they feed off each other, but without the potential for that change, there will be languages and patterns it can never understand or recognise and disasters it will not have a chance of somewhat recovering from. Will Pearson - This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244id_secret=47478483-6904d8
[agi] Job position open at Novamente LLC
Hi all, Novamente LLC is looking to fill an open AI Software Engineer position. Our job ad is attached (it will be placed on the website soon). Qualified and interested applicants should send a resume and cover letter to me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] However, please read the ad carefully first to be sure that you meet the criteria. Thanks Ben ** AI SOFTWARE ENGINEER NOVAMENTE LLC Novamente LLC is a startup AI software company that is collaborating with Electric Sheep Company to create AI systems that control embodied virtual agents in virtual worlds, based on a novel, integrative cognitive architecture. We are seeking an individual who has a passion for creating thinking machines; who has a good knowledge of AI, algorithms and data structures and modern C++; and who is an excellent programmer as well as an excellent thinker. AI methodologies used in our work include evolutionary learning and probabilistic logical inference, as well as more standard techniques such as hillclimbing, and more innovative proprietary methodologies. Familiarity with computational linguistics, game programming and/or cognitive science is a plus but not a necessity. We are a globally distributed company so excellent email and IM communication skills are critical. Programming-wise, this is not a job for C++ novices; as it requires working with a large, complex existing C++ codebase, some of which makes advanced use of templates and Boost. Experience doing software development in a Linux environment is desirable; willingness to do software development in a Linux environment is required. The ability to write specifications for other software developers is important, as well as to rapidly implement code based on one's own and others' specifications. We have offices in Washington DC and Belo Horizonte, Brazil. While hiring someone in one of these locations would be our ideal, we are also open to hiring the right person regardless of their physical location. Salary may be adjusted based on location. We have funding currently for a junior-level position, at standard US salary rates. A senior-level US hire may be considered if there is willingness to be paid by a combination of salary + stock options. We look forward to welcoming a new collaborator into a very exciting project, which has ambitious long-term AI aims as well as interesting short-term AI product deliverables. ** - This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244id_secret=47482817-24fb98
RE: [agi] Selfish promotion of AGI
Responding to Edward W. Porter: Thanks for the excellent message! I am perhaps too interested in seeing what the best response from the field of AGI might be to intelligent critics, and probably think of too many conversations in those terms; I did not mean to attack or criticise your statements, just guess at objections that a skeptic might make. Much of what you wrote here could be used in such a response. The truth is we really don’t know how big a good easy to computer representation of human level world knowledge would be. Right, or processing power to manipulate it. There are reasons to suspect it might be less than would be required for a molecular-level brain simulation. Intuitions about how much less will vary from individual to individual. 2. The software problem is solved. Ben Goertzel has solved it. I think most people will want more demonstration than a book review. I do too. Just to be clear, I'm not sure myself about whether Novamente has solved the software problem. It necessarily contains a large number of complex representational and implementation choices which I do not understand well enough to judge in an informed way. All I was trying to communicate is: prior to impressive demonstrations, nobody will believe that the software problem is solved. AI buzz has not been steady for 50 years. Except in SciFi, it has largely been missing in action for the last twenty years, since the overstated promises of the expert systems boom of the mid-eighties fell flat. If buzz means academic respectability, government grant levels, and availibility of risk capital, you're certainly right! I'm not sure what makes any of those groups tick so I am not sure what sort of buzzers would be effective. - This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244id_secret=47484044-5944f6
