From: Marieke Willis (luuknam@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Jan 25 2006 - 18:32:24 MST
Aside from probably not needing a PhD in some of these subjects, like
someone mentioned earlier, you also don't have to spend 5 years getting
a PhD in each of those subjects. A lot of these subjects are related,
so courses you take for one PhD can be applied towards another PhD as
well, as an elective, for example. Also, most of the time spent in
getting a PhD is in research and dissertation and stuff, which can be
very similar too at times. And what about courses like Grant Writing
for [whatever]-Scientists? You don't need to take that course 20
times...!
Marieke
> Marc Geddes wrote:
> [snip]
> > When constructing my 'Singularitarian Directory' of
> > the top-100 links I judged to be needed for a seed-AI
> > developed:
> >
> > http://www.agiri.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=108
> >
> > I found that the needed info neatly divided into 4
> > main subject areas, each of which was further
> > sub-divided into 5 areas, for a total of 20 subjects
> > needed for a seed-AI developer. Here are the subject
> > areas:
> >
> > *Reality Theory
> >
> > (1) Anthropic Reasoning
> > (2) Cosmology/Relativity
> > (3) Quantum Mechanics
> > (4) Metaphysics (philosophy)
> > (5) String/M-Theory
> >
> > Cognitive Science
> >
> > (6) Decision/Game theory
> > (7) Consciousness studies
> > (8) Neurobiology
> > (9) Cognitive architectures (AI etc)
> > (10) Psychology (inc evolutionary psychology)
> >
> > Mathematics
> >
> > (11) Information Theory (inc algorithmic design and
> > complexity)
> > (12) Bayesian Probability Theory
> > (13) Foundations (inc Set theory, logic)
> > (14) Complex Systems Theory
> > (15) Number Theory
> >
> > Info Tech
> >
> > (16) Networks (inc Security, Internet)
> > (17) Hardware (inc parallel, super-computing)
> > (18) Databases
> > (19) Programming
> > (20) Operating Systems
> >
> >
> > Now, the IQ threshold for getting a phd is deemed to
> > be around 125, and it usually takes a total of 5 years
> > full-time study to bring someone up to phd level
> > knowledge in a given specialty areas. Since there are
> > 20 specialist subjects needed and each takes 5 years
> > of full-time study to bring someone up to phd level
> > knowledge, the conclusion is that it would take ONE
> > HUNDRED YEARS (100 years) of full-time study for a
> > single human to be competent to be a seed-AI developer.
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