[ExI] Oxford scientists edge toward quantum PC with 10b qubits.

[Stefano Vaj]

2011/2/2 Samantha Atkins <sjatkins at mac.com>:
> The Eliza chatbot was very engaging for a lot of students once upon a time.
> You don't need full AGI to keep an oldster happily reliving/sharing memories
> and more entertained than a TV can provide.  Add emotion interfaces and much
> much better chat capabilities than Eliza had.  Eventually add more real AI
> modules as they become available.   A cat will be more cuddly and humans
> much more fun to talk to for a longish time.  But there is a definite spot
> in-between that we can just about do something that will be appreciated.

BTW, what about an AGI able to pass a Turing cat-test?

Interactions with a cat are probably much simpler to emulate.

And yet, wouldn't this qualify as definitely an AGI project? A cat is
a mammal with a brain quite similar in its performances to our own...

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Stefano Vaj