To: Jeffre E [email protected]] From: on behalf of Ben Goertzel Sent: Tue 11/3/2009 5:11:00 PM Subject: Re: Thanks for the paper ... it's sort of cool ... but basically it's just statistical mining of a relatively small, hand-created knowledge resource ... it's certainly not a step toward an autonomous, general-purpose learning system ;- I'm progressing on my book manuscript nicely; and also working with Cassio and Itamar on a well-honed proposal that we'll circulate to some profs we know at big- name schools, in search of the "celebrity endorsements" you've requested.... We should have the proposal early next week, I think; and then I'll start sending it to some folks and try to get some discussions going with them. It will be an interesting process trying to get endorsements from these folks, as my approach to the AGI problem is rather different from the way they're used to thinking... ben On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 6:03 AM, Jeffrey Epstein <[email protected]> wrote: • ****************** *************** ******** ****11.* *********** > The information contained in this communication is > confidential, may be attorney-client privileged, may > constitute inside information, and is intended only for > the use of the addressee. It is the property of > Jeffrey Epstein > Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this > communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited > and may be unlawful. If you have received this > communication in error, please notify us immediately by > return e-mail or by e-mail to [email protected], and > destroy this communication and all copies thereof, > including all attachments. Ben Goertzel, PhD CEO, Novamente LLC and Biomind LLC Director of Research, SIAI "Truth is a pathless land" Jiddu Krishnamurti EFTA_R1_01506502 EFTA02434720