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From: an behalf of Ben Goertzel > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 3:52 PM To: Jeffrey Epstein Subject: Re: Probably so! But I will send you the "robot child IQ test" proposal today or tomorrow, which hopefully will NOT be too silly to discuss any further :) On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 8:56 AM, Jeffrey Epstein <[email protected]> wrote: > its too silly to discuss any furter > On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 8:56 AM, Ben Goertzel <la wrote: >> » Hmmm.. » That is interesting data » And certainly, I would be willing to cut my hair for a lot of AGI » money ;p .... And Ruiting (wife) would rather see me with lots of AGI » funding, than see me with the hairstyle that turns her on most... » However, I am wondering how much difference cutting my hair could » actually make in the near term anyway. » I mean, speaking practically: Supposing I cut my hair shorter » tomorrow. So what? The Internet is still full of videos of me » speaking with the classic long-haired "Ben Goertzel" look. And » personality-wise, I'm always going to be somewhat of a hippie and an » eccentric guy -- that's just who I am.... Changing my look is an » option, but changing my "apparent personality" would require greater » acting skills than I possess, even if I wanted to do it... » If you organized some important meeting with major philanthropists » about funding AGI, I'd of course be willing to cut my hair and buy a » nice suit for the meeting, etc. ... >> » But apart from that -- if I cut my hair tomorrow, what difference » would it make? How would these philanthropists know? ;-p » I suppose that if I had short hair for a few years, then a critical » mass of videos online would appear featuring the new cleaner-cut Ben, » and my "image" would look different when people Googled me. But that » would actually take quite a while, because the videos and online » photos occur at conferences and other events which get scheduled at a EFTA_R1_01731569 EFTA02566389 » certain rhythm.... » I'm there in the Ray Kurzweil movie "Transcendent Man" with long hair » and a zebra-striped cowboy hat.... And Raj Dye, a guy in LA, is » about to release an indie-film documentary called "Singularity or » Bust", featuring me and Hugo de Garis in HK and Xiamen in 2009 ... » again, with the classic long-haired Ben Goertzel.... He screened the » film privately in LA last weekend, and is now trying to get it in the » film festival circuit... » Would me having short hair in mid-2013 really matter, if searching » for me online brings up a new film with the long-haired Ben playing » with talking robots in China? (which I guess it will, once Raj's film » makes it onto YouTube) » I know you have a lot of stuff do to in your life, so I do appreciate » you taking time to talk with me about this somewhat silly (but, I » admit, possibly relevant) topic!!! Obviously I have my own share of » human peculiarities, existing in my brain alongside a lot of (IMO) » really deep and potentially impactful AGI thinking... » I'm thinking about the "robot child ICI test" stuff this morning, » btw.... Mainly, about what order it makes most sense to pursue the » child IQ test milestones in, given their own relationships and also » given the current state of OpenCog development... »:) » ben » On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 7:37 AM, Jeffrey Epstein » <[email protected]> » wrote: >» I ye spoken to more than five large philantropists. on really getting >» behind Al „ they have gone online , and unfortunatly my bayesian >» prediction, came true, there was real interest tempered by unanimous >» comments on your dishelveld 80s appearance. I hestitated to write >» this, as >» you should decide if your wifes likes/dislikes are your prioirty, >» i fully support rebellious tendencies, but thought i should now >» reiiterate my spinach in the teeth of a friend metaphor. »> »>-- >> > >» 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 2 EFTA_R1_01731570 EFTA02566390 >» 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. >» copyright -all rights reserved » Ben Goertzel, PhD » http://goertzel.org » "My humanity is a constant self-overcoming" -- Friedrich Nietzsche > 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. copyright -all rights reserved Ben Goertzel, PhD http://goertzel.org "My humanity is a constant self-overcoming" -- Friedrich Nietzsche <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLI5T 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>conversation-id</key> <integer>245428</integer> <key>date-last-viewed</key> <integer>0</integer> <key>date-received</key> <integer>1360684300</integer> <key>flags</key> <integer>8623750145</integer> <key>gmail-label-ids</key> <array> <Integer>5</integer> 3 EFTA_R1_01731571 EFTA02566391  <integer>2</integer> </array> <key>remote-id</key> <string>275803</string> </dict> </plist> 4 EFTA_R1_01731572 EFTA02566392