Re: [agi] Seeking CYC critiques

2008-11-30 Thread Robin Hanson
now (vs. soon after project started)? Robin Hanson  [EMAIL PROTECTED]  http://hanson.gmu.edu Research Associate, Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University Associate Professor of Economics, George Mason University MSN 1D3, Carow Hall, Fairfax VA 22030- 703-993-2326  FAX: 703-993-2323  

[agi] Seeking CYC critiques

2008-11-29 Thread Robin Hanson
What are the best available critiques of CYC as it exists now (vs. soon after project started)? Robin Hanson  [EMAIL PROTECTED]  http://hanson.gmu.edu Research Associate, Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University Associate Professor of Economics, George Mason University MSN 1D3, Carow

Re: [agi] What best evidence for fast AI?

2007-11-12 Thread Robin Hanson
At 07:14 PM 11/10/2007, Kaj Sotala wrote: On 11/10/07, Robin Hanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > skeptical.   Specifically, after ten years as an AI researcher, my > inclination has been to see progress as very slow toward an explicitly-coded > AI, and so to guess that the whole

[agi] Re: What best evidence for fast AI?

2007-11-11 Thread Robin Hanson
ngs emulate biology *without understanding why the resulting product works*. But again, these aren't examples of trying to reproduce complex computed I/O behavior.  Robin Hanson  [EMAIL PROTECTED]  http://hanson.gmu.edu Research Associate, Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University

Re: [agi] What best evidence for fast AI?

2007-11-10 Thread Robin Hanson
arent fact that most AI researchers have not yet been convinced to accept your favored approach.   More persuasive to me are arguments for fast AI based on more widely shared premises. Robin Hanson  [EMAIL PROTECTED]  http://hanson.gmu.edu Research Associate, Future of Humanity Institute

RE: [agi] What best evidence for fast AI?

2007-11-10 Thread Robin Hanson
brains as powerful as that of humans, not 100% but probably at least 90% at an architectual level. Well we should all assign a chance to a recent dramatic breakthrough, but in the absence of compelling evidence that chance has to be pretty low.  Robin Hanson  [EMAIL PROTECTED]  http

RE: [agi] What best evidence for fast AI?

2007-11-10 Thread Robin Hanson
cars.   I don't see how they could be considered even remotely comparable.   But perhaps I have misjudged.  Has anyone attempted to itemize an inventory of mouse mental abilities, and compared that to current robot abilities? Robin Hanson  [EMAIL PROTECTED]  http://hanson.gmu.edu Research

Re: [agi] What best evidence for fast AI?

2007-11-10 Thread Robin Hanson
ion AI, which is what I intended to ask about. Robin Hanson  [EMAIL PROTECTED]  http://hanson.gmu.edu Research Associate, Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University Associate Professor of Economics, George Mason University MSN 1D3, Carow Hall, Fairfax VA 22030- 703-993-2326  FAX: 703-99

[agi] What best evidence for fast AI?

2007-11-10 Thread Robin Hanson
ss interested in the arguments that convince you personally than arguments that can or should convince a wide academic audience. [I also posted this same question to the sl4 list.] Robin Hanson  [EMAIL PROTECTED]  http://hanson.gmu.edu Research Associate, Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford