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From: on behalf of Ben Goertzel S' I TO:JeffreyErmteincjeevacationftrnailxorn> Subject: Re: FYI: proposal draft, at long last... Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:41:59 +0000 Allachntents:Copot_v18.1pdf Attached version is slightly rearranged (so it's only 25pp and the rest is in appendices), in the off chance you want to send it to someone or read it ;-) The handful of "big-name school AI profs" I asked to read/review it are mostly quite busy now due to finals/holidays, so they may not get to it till early January ... in the meantime I'll focus on my book...! ben On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 12:16 PM, Jeffrey Epstein <[email protected]> wrote: > ok standing by > On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Ben Goertzel < wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> FYI, we finally put together a proposal that I'll be happy sending to » some of the conservative-minded "big shots of academic AI" in search » of endorsements (attached). It was revised based on detailed feedback >> from a few "medium shot" AGI researchers whose judgment I respect >> (Selmer Bringsjord at RPI, J. Storrs Hall, Joscha Bach, Pei Wang and >> John Sowa (who headed an AI research team at IBM for 30 years)). >> >> I'm going to send it to a few other researchers I know for feedback » over the next few days, and then assuming they don't have any bad » comments, I'll send it to some "big shots" at name-brand universities >> (people who I know only slightly and who don't know much about my >> work) in search of the requested endorsements... >> » Sorry the process is taking so long ... I'm not usually so >> painstaking, actually ... but I *really* want to avoid the possibility » of failing to get the requested endorsements for avoidable reasons. >> » If I fail to get the endorsements because the academic AI folks at >> name-brand universities just don't like my ideas, then so be it >> can't really help it if these people have terrible intellectual » judgment ;-) >> >> But I don't want to fail because of a stupid reason like not >> presenting my ideas in the right way, so I want to be really sure the » proposal represents the ideas in a way that's both accurate and >> "culturally correct".... Itamar has been really helpful in this >> regard as he's written a bunch of (successful) NSF grants ... whereas >> my government-funding successes have been most in bioinformatics, >> which is a little different... >> » Updates soon, I hope ;-) >> >> Ben >> >> >> >> EFTA00767534 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Ben Goertzel, PhD >> CEO, Novamente LLC and Biomind LLC >> Director of Research, SIAI >> >> >> "Truth is a pathless land" -- Jiddu Krishnamurti ww**www**www************www**www*******www**www**www**www** > 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 EFTA00767535