From: on behalf of Ben Goertzel S' I To:JefilreyErmteincjeevacation@gmalcora> Subject: Re: Fairly urgent: status update and funding discussion Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 05:59:09 +0000 Attachments: ABL_Expansion_Scientific_Proposal_final_version.pdf; OpenCogProposal.pdf To refresh your memory, attached find the proposal I sent you in February (which your semi- senile friend Schank hated so much ;-) and also, for your amusement, a related proposal that has recently been submitted to the Chinese government, which they are now reviewing.... thx ben On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 1:41 AM, Ben Goertzel > wrote: > Hi Jeffrey, > • I'm sorry to pester you at a time when you're probably totally swamped > with business and pleasure!! ... but unfortunately, my current > situation demands it... > Also, if you could possibly spare the time, it would be great to get > together F2F sometime soon. I'll be in DC from now till the last week > in August... coming up to NY is easy... > • Attached you'll find > -- a confidential, VERY blunt and thorough, 10-page status report on > my and my team's AGI progress and near-term plans > -- a personal letter addressed to you, discussing my own situation and > some funding possibilities > I **really** hope you can find half an hour, sometime soon, to read > this stuff and respond. > • Even if you choose not to help out at this time, I'd **really** like > you to understand what the situation is, both research-wise and > pragmatically. > Thanks much > Ben > p.s. > Also, I just put some videos at > • http://novamente.net/example/ > that convey something about our recent work with virtually embodied > AI, language and learning. > • Ben Goertzel, PhD > CEO, Novamente LLC and Biomind LLC > Director of Research, SIAI EFTA00772993

> > "Truth is a pathless land" -- Jiddu Krishnamurti > Ben Goertzel, PhD CEO, Novamente LLC and Biomind LLC Director of Research, SIAI "Truth is a pathless land" -- Jiddu Krishnamurti EFTA00772994