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What kind of numbers are we talking here to fund a single AGI project
like Novamente? If I could, I'd instantly dedicate all my time and
resources to developing AI, but because most of my knowledge is auto
didactic, I don't get considered for any jobs. So for now, I'm stuck
in the drudgery of working 60 hours a week doing IT, while struggling
to complete and pay for college. As soon as I get out of school I'll
have to start paying off student loans, which won't be feasable in an
AGI position (due to lack of adequate funding). Thus, a friend of mine and I have decided to take the lower road and start building lame websites (myspace profile template pages, goooogle.com like pages, other lame ad-words pages) in order to (a) quit our jobs, and (b) fund our own or others research. It boggles my mind that no one has become financially successful and decided to throw a significant sum of money at Novamente and the like. For the love of Pete, sacrificing a single Budweiser Superbowl commercial could fund years of AGI research. I'm also surprised there aren't more programmers or AGI enthusiasts who aren't willing to work for beans to further this goal. We're just two students in Arizona, but we'd both gladly give up our current lives to work for 15-20G's a year and pull 80 hour weeks eating this stuff up. Having a family is valid excuse, but there are others out there who aren't tied down. We may not have PhD's, but we learn quickly. BTW Ben, for the love of God, can you please tell me when your AGI book is coming out? It's been in my Amazon shopping cart for 6 months now! How about I just pay you via paypal, and you send me a PDF? 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/?list_id=11983 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. |
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