[Bmi] Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) vs. Understanding Brain-Mind

[Juyang Weng]

On 11/17/12 10:40 AM, Ben Goertzel wrote:
 > I have done some work on computational neuroscience myself, and in my 
opinion the brain rarely uses a highly efficient way to do any given 
things.
 > It's a bit of a kluge.   It's interesting to study, but it's not 
anywhere near the optimal intelligent system; and of course, existing 
computer hardware
 > is very different from the brain, so the best algorithms for 
intelligence on current hardware are going to bear little detailed 
resemblance to how
 > the brain does things...
 > Nevertheless, I think your approach is interesting and will be happy 
to read your book!
 > -- Ben

On 11/17/12 11:08 AM, Juyang Weng wrote:

This is due to a lack of understanding and shallowness in modeling.  
 From my model, the brain is an extremely efficient way to do everything 
that humans and intelligent machines do daily. In fact, it is highly 
optimal in mathematical sense.   In my book, any biological brain is 
modeled as a developmental
machine, that is optimal statistically, in space and in time. You cannot 
believe it until you read the book.

Do you mind if I invite bmi list to join this interesting line of 
discussion?   This may help us to clarify the interesting issues.

-John

On 11/17/12 11:17 PM, Ben Goertzel wrote:
> Feel free!
>
> However, I of course can't discuss your book in depth until I've read 
> it ;)
>
> -- Ben




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