Added: "SIAI will just putz around and never actually finish the project, like all the other wild-eyed dreamers."
- Tom On Dec 27, 2007 2:44 PM, Joshua Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kaj and Tom, > > Great idea! > > Here's an objection to the few current Friendly AGI and related efforts. > > "What you're saying about your project seems makes sense, though I don't > quite understand it. But even though an ineffectual bunch of dreamy nerds > may be good for tinkering with gadgets, they're no good at getting a major > funded engineering initiative underway and finished, so there's no use > caring about your project too much." > > (No, I don't personally agree with the above statement.) > > I do think many people (even fairly intelligent ones) think this way when > exposed to the concept: I wonder if people might have thought this way about > Goddard as a pioneering space-flight rocketeer in the 1920's. > > Joshua ----- 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=4007604&id_secret=79617631-cdc03f
