Two guys in a garage would never have built the bomb. The question is whether
or not the two efforts are indeed comparable.
Eric B. Ramsay
Thomas McCabe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 3/16/08, Eric B. Ramsay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 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.
Eric B. Ramsay
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Big companies are really, really lousy at writing software, in terms of useful
software produced/resources expended. That's why startups can make so much
money, even when they start off as two guys in a garage.
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- Tom
http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/tom
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