Re: Imagination Engine?

From: Ben Goertzel (ben@goertzel.org)
Date: Tue Aug 01 2006 - 21:34:47 MDT


Hi,

I know some university folks who did some work with this system. They
found it an interesting and innovative neural net application, though
not suitable for the purpose for which they were evaluating it ... but
it is not a general-purpose AGI system or architecture...

-- Ben G

On 8/1/06, Joel Pitt <joel.pitt@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 8/2/06, H C <lphege@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > http://www.imagination-engines.com/default.htm
> > I've never even heard of this company before just now. I don't know how
> > technically laughable or not so laughable this approach is to AGI, but they
> > are obviously doing something pretty effectively given their customers,
> > while at the same time making some pretty extraordinary claims.
> >
> > What do you guys think?
>
> At a cursory glance it looks to be a neural network performing a
> genetic programming task.
>
> I might be wrong, but I doubt it will lead to seed AI. At least I
> certainly hope it doesn't, given the types of problems they are
> applying it to:
>
> The Warhead Design Creativity Machine
> http://www.imagination-engines.com/wdcm.htm
>
>
> --
> -Joel
>
> "Wish not to seem, but to be, the best."
> -- Aeschylus
>



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