Re: [agi] Instead of an AGI Textbook

2008-03-28 Thread Ben Goertzel
> 4. In fact. I would suggest that AGI researchers start to distinguish > themselves from narrow AGI by replacing the over ambiguous concepts from AI, > one by one. For example: > > knowledge representation = world model. > learning = world model creation > reasoning = world model simulation > goal

[agi] Novamente's next 15 minutes of fame...

2008-03-28 Thread Ben Goertzel
http://technology.newscientist.com/article/mg19726495.700-virtual-pets-can-learn-just-like-babies.html -- Ben Goertzel, PhD CEO, Novamente LLC and Biomind LLC Director of Research, SIAI [EMAIL PROTECTED] "If men cease to believe that they will one day become gods then they will surely become wor

Re: [agi] Instead of an AGI Textbook

2008-03-28 Thread Lukasz Stafiniak
On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 9:29 PM, Robert Wensman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A few things come to my mind: > > 1. To what extent is learning and reasoning a sub topic of cognitive > architectures? Is learning and reasoning a plugin to a cognitive > architecture, or is in fact the whole cognitive ar

Re: [agi] Instead of an AGI Textbook

2008-03-28 Thread Robert Wensman
A few things come to my mind: 1. To what extent is learning and reasoning a sub topic of cognitive architectures? Is learning and reasoning a plugin to a cognitive architecture, or is in fact the whole cognitive architecture about learning and reasoning. 2. I would like a special topic on AGI goa

[agi] Announce: Launch of Surfing Samurai Robots blog/website

2008-03-28 Thread Richard Loosemore
All, After a long time trying to get something more sophisticated out (while at the same time being constantly distracted by other tasks) I have finally decided to just go ahead and launch the Surfing Samurai Robots website as a blog. Rebelling against my own plans for a super-complex site ar

Re: [agi] Microsoft Launches Singularity

2008-03-28 Thread Stephen Reed
Mike, I have Lakoff & Johnson "Metaphors We Live By". And I'll order the other titles you recommend. -Steve Stephen L. Reed Artificial Intelligence Researcher http://texai.org/blog http://texai.org 3008 Oak Crest Ave. Austin, Texas, USA 78704 512.791.7860 - Original Message From: Mik

Re: [agi] Microsoft Launches Singularity

2008-03-28 Thread Mike Tintner
Steve, You raise huge issues. I broadly agree with the direction you're going with your multilevelled approach to physically implementing verbal commands. However, I'm quite sure there is still more than you think - including a whole level of image schemas - useful here to think of the analogy