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Stefano Vaj wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On 3 July 2011 02:36, Mike Dougherty <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:msd001@gmail.com"><msd001@gmail.com></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">We both (all) know the meaning of
AGI in the context of an artificial intelligence email list.
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I am not sure I understand what the choice of using or non-using it
might imply, but if AGI indicated Artificial *General* Intelligence,
there might be something mystifying in the term "general", since
either it refers to universal computing - and in that case it must be
noted for the umpteenth time that almost everything is a universal
computer - or it implies that some more fundamental differences would
exist amongst different universal computers other than a performance
edge at a given task, which is basically false.
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Can I just reiterate that universal computing has absolutely NOTHING to
do with any of the issues related to Artificial General Intelligence,
or the possibility of a hard takeoff, or the viability of human-like
artificial intelligence.<br>
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I do not remember who first raised the topic of "universal computing"
in this context, but it is a red herring.<br>
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Richard Loosemore<br>
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