Richard Loosemore:> I am only saying that I see no particular limitations, given the things > that I know about how to buld an AGI. That is the best I can do. Sorry to flood everybody's mailbox today; I will make this my last message. I'm not looking to impose a viewpoint on anybody; you have communicated yours and from your perspective a question "what should an AGI do" (or "what is AGI for?") is not particularly meaningful -- I gather that from your perspective once your many-year multibillion dollar research program is finished the result will be almost magically powerful so speaking of its uses or capabilities in terms that could help us figure out what we are building is not useful. Others have different viewpoints, either published (Kurzweil, Moravec, etc, and even some "pessimists" perhaps :) ) or privately held about the cognitive capabilities of near-term computing power that lead to different conclusions. You argue forcefully for your position, but it isn't the only one.
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