It took Microsoft over 1000 engineers, $6 Billion and several years to make Vista. Will building an AGI be any less formidable? If the AGI effort is comparable, how can the relatively small efforts of Ben (comparatively speaking) and others possibly succeed? If the effort to build an AGI is not comparable, why not? Perhaps a consortium (non-governmental) should be created specifically for the building of an AGI. Ben talks about a Manhattan style project. A consortium could pool all resources currently available (people and hardware), actively seek private funds on a continuing basis and give coherence to the effort.
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