Comments on: Toward Real AI http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/people-blog/2009/toward-real-ai/ Perspectives on Emerging Technologies Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:34:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Martin Roberts http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/people-blog/2009/toward-real-ai/#comment-17721 Martin Roberts Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:28:17 +0000 http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/people-blog/2009/toward-real-ai/#comment-17721 I am very interested in what Peter is trying to do. Unfortunately, in his speech, he did not give any clues as to his approach to solving the problem of general AI. I am very interested in what Peter is trying to do.
Unfortunately, in his speech, he did not give any clues as to his approach to solving the problem of general AI.

]]> By: Towards Real AI - BIL Conference http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/people-blog/2009/toward-real-ai/#comment-14633 Towards Real AI - BIL Conference Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:22:41 +0000 http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/people-blog/2009/toward-real-ai/#comment-14633 [...] text transcription: acceleratingfuture.com/people-blog/2009/toward-real-ai/ [...] [...] text transcription: acceleratingfuture.com/people-blog/2009/toward-real-ai/ [...]

]]> By: Accelerating Future » Peter Voss: Towards Real AI http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/people-blog/2009/toward-real-ai/#comment-14110 Accelerating Future » Peter Voss: Towards Real AI Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:32:09 +0000 http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/people-blog/2009/toward-real-ai/#comment-14110 [...] Read a transcript of his BIL talk at Future Current. [...] [...] Read a transcript of his BIL talk at Future Current. [...]

]]> By: Jeriaska http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/people-blog/2009/toward-real-ai/#comment-14094 Jeriaska Thu, 05 Mar 2009 04:26:34 +0000 http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/people-blog/2009/toward-real-ai/#comment-14094 I think that by saying "no one" is working on AGI, the speaker meant that hardly anyone is seriously committed to the problem in comparison with all the work that is being done in narrow AI applications. He was present at the AGI conference taking place last year around this time, as he mentioned in this talk, and would be familiar with the research being done by people like Hugo de Garis and Ben Goertzel. I think that by saying “no one” is working on AGI, the speaker meant that hardly anyone is seriously committed to the problem in comparison with all the work that is being done in narrow AI applications. He was present at the AGI conference taking place last year around this time, as he mentioned in this talk, and would be familiar with the research being done by people like Hugo de Garis and Ben Goertzel.

]]> By: JelloShotz http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/people-blog/2009/toward-real-ai/#comment-14093 JelloShotz Thu, 05 Mar 2009 03:43:34 +0000 http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/people-blog/2009/toward-real-ai/#comment-14093 I don't see this being anything more than an attempt to get investors, firstly the claim that no one else is working on AGI is false, both DARPA and IBM are working on AGI projects, and I think there are many more researchers working on it at least parts of it. I also recall Hugo De Garis claimed he was going to make a cat like brain in the early 2000's (and is now talking about doing a similar thing in China) and is part of another company also working on Strong AI. Then they keep throwing around the term 'stealth mode' in an attempt to sound secretive, like they made some breakthrough and want to keep others from stealing it. The entire thing is just about what AGI is, they don't give any indication that they have some solution or unique approach to AGI. I think heaps of computer geeks have come up with ideas for making AGI, the same way people keep coming up with perpetual motion machines, or new theories about how the physical universe works without any actual testing. Thats not to say that I don't believe AGI isn't possible, I'll be very interested to see how the DARPA project goes, just don't believe random people claiming they think they can do it. I don’t see this being anything more than an attempt to get investors, firstly the claim that no one else is working on AGI is false, both DARPA and IBM are working on AGI projects, and I think there are many more researchers working on it at least parts of it. I also recall Hugo De Garis claimed he was going to make a cat like brain in the early 2000′s (and is now talking about doing a similar thing in China) and is part of another company also working on Strong AI.

Then they keep throwing around the term ‘stealth mode’ in an attempt to sound secretive, like they made some breakthrough and want to keep others from stealing it.

The entire thing is just about what AGI is, they don’t give any indication that they have some solution or unique approach to AGI.

I think heaps of computer geeks have come up with ideas for making AGI, the same way people keep coming up with perpetual motion machines, or new theories about how the physical universe works without any actual testing. Thats not to say that I don’t believe AGI isn’t possible, I’ll be very interested to see how the DARPA project goes, just don’t believe random people claiming they think they can do it.

]]> By: Accelerating Future » Revisiting Brain-Computer Interfaces for Manipulating Dreams http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/people-blog/2009/toward-real-ai/#comment-14080 Accelerating Future » Revisiting Brain-Computer Interfaces for Manipulating Dreams Wed, 04 Mar 2009 04:27:02 +0000 http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/people-blog/2009/toward-real-ai/#comment-14080 [...] like some others, such as Peter Voss, I think that self-improving AGI will arrive before we achieve such sophisticated brain-computer [...] [...] like some others, such as Peter Voss, I think that self-improving AGI will arrive before we achieve such sophisticated brain-computer [...]

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