Ben Goertzel wrote:
yeah ... that's not a matter of the English language but rather a matter
of the American Way ;-p
Through working with many non-Americans I have noted that what Americans
often intend as a "playful obnoxiousness" is interpreted by
non-Americans more seriously...
Except
And when a Chinese doesn't answer a question, it usually means "No" ;-)
Relatedly, I am discussing with some US gov't people a potential project
involving customizing an AI reasoning system to emulate the different
inferential judgments of people from different cultures...
ben
On Fri, Dec 19, 20
Richard and Ben,
If you think I, as a Chinese, have overreacted to Mike Tintner's
writing style, and this is just a culture difference, please let me
know. In that case I'll try my best to learn his way of communication,
at least when talking to British and American people --- who knows, it
may ev
Well, I think you might have overreacted to his writing style for cultural
reasons
However, I also think that -- to be Americanly blunt -- you're very unlikely
to learn anything from conversing with Mike, nor to make much positive
impact on his own understanding by conversing with him.
So in this
On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 7:51 PM, Ben Goertzel wrote:
>
> Well, I think you might have overreacted to his writing style for cultural
> reasons
>
> However, I also think that -- to be Americanly blunt -- you're very
> unlikely to learn anything from conversing with Mike,
On AGI-related topics, I
Pei Wang wrote:
Richard and Ben,
If you think I, as a Chinese, have overreacted to Mike Tintner's
writing style, and this is just a culture difference, please let me
know. In that case I'll try my best to learn his way of communication,
at least when talking to British and American people --- wh
