Re: [agi] a2i2 news update

2007-08-06 Thread Patrick McKown
Wouldn't you say the objectivity is limiting choice by limiting perception? Pat McKown On 8/5/07, Samantha Atkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 7/26/07, Robert Wensman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What worries me is that the founder of this company subscribes to the philosophy of Objectivism,

Re: [agi] a2i2 news update

2007-08-06 Thread Benjamin Goertzel
Within Novamente LLC, we currently have 11 people currently working on projects directly related to AGI. But about half of those are working on infrastructural stuff, the other half on more directly AI coding. And our team's dedication to AGI-ish versus commercial work has fluctuated over time

Re: [agi] a2i2 news update

2007-08-05 Thread Patrick McKown
Robert has some good, sound, fundamental points here. Rand seems to not understand that a psychopath in respect to humanity has no value, that it is a mutation that occurs, but in a social community it has no value, in the sense that human values have to be both selfish and altruistic to have

Re: [agi] a2i2 news update

2007-07-26 Thread Andrew Babian
Not only that, if you work in IT, you might think, considering how poorly adding people to a project works, is he getting desperate or just being foolish? andi On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 18:25:56 -0700 (PDT), Ton Genah wrote Just increasing the number doesn’t guarantee a clear path towards increased

RE: [agi] a2i2 news update

2007-07-26 Thread Peter Voss
.. Back to building brains. _ From: Robert Wensman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 4:12 AM To: agi@v2.listbox.com Subject: Re: [agi] a2i2 news update What worries me is that the founder of this company subscribes to the philosophy of Objectivism

Re: [agi] a2i2 news update

2007-07-26 Thread Robert Wensman
What worries me is that the founder of this company subscribes to the philosophy of Objectivism, and the implications this might have for the company's possibility at achieving friendly AI. I do not know about the rest of their team, but some of them use the word rational a lot, which could be a

Re: [agi] a2i2 news update

2007-07-26 Thread Mike Tintner
Peter V: Back to building brains. Peter, I notice, from your pages, you believe in a mechanistically-based free will. That's interesting to me because you are the first such person of any standing in AGI or related fields, that I have come across. All the others I know of - such as Ben, Pei,

[agi] a2i2 news update

2007-07-25 Thread Peter Voss
Update from a2i2 -- http://adaptiveai.com/news Peter Voss Towards Increased Intelligence! - 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=231415id_secret=25189354-15f318

Re: [agi] a2i2 news update

2007-07-25 Thread justin corwin
On 7/25/07, Mike Tintner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Of course, numerical comparisons are petty, unfair and invidious. But being that sort of person, I can't help noticing that Peter is promising to increase his staff to 24 soon. Will that give him the biggest AGI army? How do the contenders stack

Re: [agi] a2i2 news update

2007-07-25 Thread Ton Genah
Just increasing the number doesn’t guarantee a clear path towards increased intelligence . This seems to be the important issue in current AI and not the number! Ton Mike Tintner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: @font-face { font-family: Verdana; } @page Section1 {size: 8.5in

[agi] a2i2 news update: still looking for additional talent

2005-11-11 Thread Peter Voss
a2i2is still looking for additionalteam members. http://adaptiveai.com/news/index.htm Towards Increased Intelligence! Peter Voss Adaptive A.I. Inc To unsubscribe, change your address, or temporarily deactivate your subscription, please go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/[EMAIL

[agi] a2i2 news update - We're Hiring!

2005-07-08 Thread Peter Voss
All Systems Go for Project Aigo - We'reHiring! Please spread the word. Help us find additional talent. http://adaptiveai.com/news/index.htm Towards Increased Intelligence! Peter Voss a2i2 - Adaptive A.I. Inc. To unsubscribe, change your address, or temporarily deactivate your

[agi] a2i2 - news update (seeking CTO)

2005-04-09 Thread Peter Voss
Funding progress! News update: http://adaptiveai.com/news/ Please help us find a CTO:http://adaptiveai.com/company/opportunities.htm (Also seeking LA-based programmer) Towards Increased Intelligence! Peter To unsubscribe, change your address, or temporarily deactivate your

[agi] a2i2 news update

2005-03-04 Thread Peter Voss
A news update: http://adaptiveai.com/news/index.htm Towards Increased Intelligence! Peter To unsubscribe, change your address, or temporarily deactivate your subscription, please go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/[EMAIL PROTECTED]

[agi] a2i2 news update ( seeking AI Psychologists)

2004-07-08 Thread Peter Voss
Anews update:http://adaptiveai.com/news/index.htm Please also see our ad for AI Psychologists: http://adaptiveai.com/company/opportunities.htm Towards Increased Intelligence! To unsubscribe, change your address, or temporarily deactivate your subscription, please go to

[agi] a2i2 news update (seeking another 'AI Psychologist' to join team)

2004-03-15 Thread Peter Voss
A brief news update:http://adaptiveai.com/news/index.htm To unsubscribe, change your address, or temporarily deactivate your subscription, please go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/[EMAIL PROTECTED]