Re: [agi] AGI communities and support

2007-12-08 Thread Benjamin Goertzel
Thanks Bob. But I meant, it looks more likely that robots will achieve - and have already taken the first concrete steps to achieve - the goals of AGI - the capacity to learn a range of abilities and activities. Can you point to any single robot that has demonstrated the capability to learn a

Re: Human Irrationality [WAS Re: [agi] None of you seem to be able ...]

2007-12-08 Thread Mike Tintner
Richard: If someone asked that, I couldn't think of anything to say except ... why *wouldn't* it be possible? It would strike me as just not a question that made any sense, to ask for the exact reasons why it is possible to paint things that are not representational. Jeez, Richard, of course,

Re: [agi] AGI communities and support

2007-12-08 Thread Bob Mottram
On 08/12/2007, Mike Tintner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Trossen stuff looks at a glance - correct me - like we are going to see ever more robots programmed for specialised tasks in ever more environments.But it's arguably general intelligence and, indeed, athleticism, that interests us here.

Re: [agi] AGI communities and support

2007-12-08 Thread Bob Mottram
On 08/12/2007, Mike Tintner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Perhaps then the reason that the robotics revolution has indeed started - and is perceived as such by major scientific media - is that with Darpa robots have moved successfully into the real world and more or less unstructured environments.

Re: [agi] AGI communities and support

2007-12-08 Thread Mike Tintner
Ben:Can you point to any single robot that has demonstrated the capability to learn a range of abilities and activities? Fair enough. (Getting combative, huh?). Perhaps then the reason that the robotics revolution has indeed started - and is perceived as such by major scientific media - is

Re: [agi] AGI communities and support

2007-12-08 Thread Benjamin Goertzel
Yes I expect to see more narrow AI robotics in future, but as time goes on there will be pressures to consolidate multiple abilities into a single machine. Ergonomics dictates that people will only accept a limited number of mobile robots in their homes or work spaces. Physical space is at a

Re: [agi] AGI communities and support

2007-12-08 Thread Bob Mottram
On 08/12/2007, Benjamin Goertzel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I.e. the AGI meets robotics meme is VERY far from affecting the commercial robotics industry, it would seem. Which is a shame. This comes back to what Matt Trossen was talking about in that both he and I think that the big innovations

Re: [agi] AGI communities and support

2007-12-08 Thread Benjamin Goertzel
So I reckon roboticists ARE actually focussed on an AGI challenge - whereas, as I've pointed out before, there is nothing comparable in pure AGI. To my knowledge, none of the work on the ICRA Robotic Challenge is at this point taking a strong AGI approach And with all those millions of

Re: [agi] AGI communities and support

2007-12-08 Thread Bob Mottram
On 08/12/2007, Mike Tintner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Or at any rate, that's my garbled impression from cursory reading. There seems to be no way to digitally compute/ control coordinate the movements of complex limbs in real time - it's all way too complex. The development of analog models/

Re: [agi] AGI communities and support

2007-12-08 Thread Bob Mottram
On 08/12/2007, Benjamin Goertzel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Millions of investment bucks doesn't go that far in robotics, unfortunately. I hope to see progress too, but I believe you're way optimistic about the current state of robotics research. As an old lag I am constantly disappointed by

Re: Human Irrationality [WAS Re: [agi] None of you seem to be able ...]

2007-12-08 Thread Richard Loosemore
Mike Tintner wrote: Richard: If someone asked that, I couldn't think of anything to say except ... why *wouldn't* it be possible? It would strike me as just not a question that made any sense, to ask for the exact reasons why it is possible to paint things that are not representational. Jeez,

Re: Human Irrationality [WAS Re: [agi] None of you seem to be able ...]

2007-12-08 Thread Mike Tintner
Richard: in my system, decisions about what to do next are the result of hundreds or thousands of atoms (basic units of knowledge, all of which are active processors) coming together in a very context-dependent way and trying to form coherent models of the situation. This cloud of knowledge

RE: Human Irrationality [WAS Re: [agi] None of you seem to be able ...]

2007-12-08 Thread Ed Porter
Mike, When I write about my system, (which sounds like it is designed somewhat like yours), I am talking about a system that has only been thought about deeply, but never yet built. When you write about my system do you actually have something up and running? If so, hats off to you. And, if

Re[4]: [agi] Do we need massive computational capabilities?

2007-12-08 Thread Dennis Gorelik
Mike, What you describe - is set of AGI nodes. AGI prototype is just one of such node. AGI researcher doesn't have to develop all set at once. It's quite sufficient to develop only one AGI node. Such node will be able to work on single PC. I believe Matt's proposal is not as much about the

Re: Human Irrationality [WAS Re: [agi] None of you seem to be able ...]

2007-12-08 Thread Richard Loosemore
Ed Porter wrote: Mike, When I write about my system, (which sounds like it is designed somewhat like yours), I am talking about a system that has only been thought about deeply, but never yet built. When you write about my system do you actually have something up and running? If so, hats off

[agi] AGI and Deity

2007-12-08 Thread John G. Rose
It'd be interesting, I kind of wonder about this sometimes, if an AGI, especially one that is heavily complex systems based would independently come up with the existence some form of a deity. Different human cultures come up with deity(s), for many reasons; I'm just wondering if it is like some

Re: [agi] AGI and Deity

2007-12-08 Thread J Marlow
On Dec 8, 2007 10:34 PM, John G. Rose [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It'd be interesting, I kind of wonder about this sometimes, if an AGI, especially one that is heavily complex systems based would independently come up with the existence some form of a deity. Different human cultures come up with

Re: Re[4]: [agi] Do we need massive computational capabilities?

2007-12-08 Thread Mike Dougherty
On Dec 8, 2007 5:33 PM, Dennis Gorelik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What you describe - is set of AGI nodes. AGI prototype is just one of such node. AGI researcher doesn't have to develop all set at once. It's quite sufficient to develop only one AGI node. Such node will be able to work on