Re: Formal proved code change vs experimental was Re: [agi] WHAT SORT OF HARDWARE $33K AND $850K BUYS TODAY FOR USE IN AGI

2008-07-08 Thread Steve Richfield
William, On 7/7/08, William Pearson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 2008/7/3 Steve Richfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > William and Vladimir, > > > > IMHO this discussion is based entirely on the absence of any sort of > > interface spec. Such a spec is absolutely necessary for a large AGI > project

Re: Intelligence explosion [was Fwd: [agi] Equivalent of the bulletin for atomic scientists or CRN for AI?

2008-07-08 Thread Steve Richfield
Linus, On 7/7/08, Linas Vepstas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thus, I personally conclude that: > 1) the singularity has already happened > 2) it was explosive > 3) we are living in a simulation, created by the singularity, > in order to better understand what the hell just happened. > 4) Its tur

Re: [agi] The Advance of Neuroscience

2008-07-08 Thread Steve Richfield
Mike, et al, When you look at the actual experiments upon which what we think we know is based, the information is SO thin that it is hard to come to any other rational conclusion. I could describe some of these, where for example a group of people spent a year putting electrodes into every one of

[agi] The Advance of Neuroscience

2008-07-08 Thread Mike Tintner
Tom Wolfe: Jose Delgado, [Jr] and also a neuroscientist, was interviewed recently and he said, "The human brain is complex beyond anybody's imagining, let alone comprehension." He said, "We are not a few miles down a long road; we are a few inches down the long road." Then he said, "All the rest