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=8660244&id_secret=47478483-6904d8