Ben, I saw the video. It's wonderful to see this direct aim at the goal of the positive Singularity.
If I could comment from the perspective of the software industry, though without expertise in the problem space, I'd say that there are some phrases in there which would make me, were I a VC, suspicious. (Of course VC's aren't the direct audience, but ultimately someone has to provide the funding you allude to.) When a visionary says that he requires more funding and ten years, this often indicates an unfocused project that will never get on-track. In software projects it is essential to aim for real results, including a beta within a year and multiple added-value-providing versions within approximately 3 years. I think that this is not just investor impatience -- experience shows that software projects planned for a much longer schedule tend to get off-focus. I know that you already realize this, and that you do have the focus; you mention your plans, which I assume include meaningful intermediate achievements in this incredibly challenging and extraordinary task, but this the impression which comes across in the talk. Yours, Joshua 2006/12/11, Ben Goertzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Hi, For anyone who is curious about the talk "Ten Years to the Singularity (if we Really Really Try)" that I gave at Transvision 2006 last summer, I have finally gotten around to putting the text of the speech online: http://www.goertzel.org/papers/tenyears.htm The video presentation has been online for a while video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1615014803486086198 (alas, the talking is a bit slow in that one, but that's because the audience was in Finland and mostly spoke English as a second language.) But the text may be preferable to those who, like me, hate watching long videos of people blabbering ;-) Questions, comments, arguments and insults (preferably clever ones) welcome... -- Ben ----- 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
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