--- Derek Zahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Matt Mahoney writes:> As for AGI research, I believe the most viable > path is a distributed> architecture that uses the billions of human > brains and computers> already on the Internet. What is needed is an > infrastructure that> routes information to the right experts and an > economy that rewards> intelligence and friendliness. I described one > such architecture in> http://www.mattmahoney.net/agi.html It differs > significantly from the> usual approach of trying to replicate a human > mind. I don't believe> that one person or a small group can solve the > AGI problem faster than> the billions of people on the Internet are > already doing. > I'm not sure I understand this. Although a system that can respond > well to commands of the following form: > > "Show me an existing document that best answers the question 'X'" > > is certainly useful, it is hardly 'general' in any sense we usually > mean. I would think a 'general' intelligence should be able to take > a shot at answering: > > "Why are so many streets named after trees?" > or > "If the New York Giants played cricket against the New York Yankees, > who would probably win?" > or > "Here are the results of some diagnostic tests. How likely is it > that the patient has cancer? What test should we do next?" > or > "Design me a stable helicopter with the rotors on the bottom instead > of the top" > > Super-google is nifty, but I don't see how it is AGI.
Because a super-google will answer these questions by routing them to experts on these topics that will use natural language in their narrow domains of expertise. All of this can be done with existing technology and a lot of hard work. The work will be done because there is an incentive to do it and because the AGI (in the system, not its components) is so valuable. AGI will be an extension of the Internet that nobody planned, nobody built, and nobody owns. -- Matt Mahoney, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------- singularity Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/11983/=now RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/11983/ Modify Your Subscription: http://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=4007604&id_secret=98631122-712fa4 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
