X-Message-Number: 28295 Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2006 00:25:11 -0500 From: Subject: The Probable Speed of AGI Evolution Jordan Sparks said: "That's not how AI works. This is not scifi. The AGI that they are trying to build would only be just the beginning. It would be useful, but still very dumb. It would take decades more before this question would even be a serious one. And by that time, we would understand the issues more fully. Until AGI has been around for years, it's simply not an issue. I personally think they are far too optimistic about what is currently possible. I don't think AGI will be born for something like another 20 years. But I still wish them luck, and I hope I'm wrong." AGI is generally understood to be the more radical form of AI development that aspires to create machine intelligence equivalent to human. Assuming you understand that, I could interpret your comments to mean it will be slow in coming. There is nothing slow about computers. They do operations incredibly faster than the human brain, and this capability will only continue to multiply. Once computers are given algorithms enabling any real self-directed development, I'm warning that the next morning you may wake up to a very new and different world. You might not even make it to bed the night before. Organizations that promote such reckless endangerment to the human race, should be legislated out of existence, unless they can demonstrate thorough safeguards. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=28295