artificial general intelligence & the technological singularity
A question very simply crafted poll I’m asking a few friends to gain a better perspective on the time-frame for when we may see greater-than-human level AI. Results posted below… if you wish to participate, email me (bruce-at-novamente.net) an answer for the following:
[ ] 2010-20
[ ] 2020-30
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The proceedings (edited by Ben Grtzel and Pei Wang) from our 2006 AGI Workshop (sponsored by Novamente) has been published. You can purchase the book or check for the individual papers at the website. Here’s an excerpt from the introduction:
This book contains materials that come out of the Artificial General Intelligence Research Institute (AGIRI) Workshop, [...]
While reading SIAI’s recent Why We Exist post, I came across a link to Michael Anissimov’s research where he finds a 1935 novel passage which makes possible first reference to “AI/robotic recursive self-improvement in fiction” - quoted by Technovelgy:
“You have forgotten your history, and you have forgotten the history of the Machine, humans…”
“On the planet [...]