From: Ben Goertzel (ben@goertzel.org)
Date: Mon Dec 04 2006 - 09:34:11 MST
Good general background would seem to be obvious stuff like
-- theoretical computer science
-- cognitive science
-- dynamical systems theory [yes, some would argue with this one but I
consider it critical]
-- philosophy of mind and ethical philosophy [at least enough to see
what conceptual dead ends to avoid replicating]
-- probability theory
-- psychology of human motivational structure
Beyond such obviousness, you really have to pick a general approach to
FAI and then study more detailed info that is relevant to your
approach of (initial) choice...
-- Ben G
On 12/4/06, Gordon Worley <redbird@mac.com> wrote:
>
> On Dec 3, 2006, at 9:57 PM, Anthony Mak wrote:
>
> > Question:
> > I am about to start my phd and I am in the process of
> > thinking what disciplines/sub-disciplines would be useful
> > for FAI (Friendly AI)? And what could be the research
> > direction? While not planning to base my entire phd on researching on
> > FAI, I do hope that part of it will be relevant and thus
> > useful to FAI development.
>
> Aside from the fact that a PhD won't probably help much to become an
> FAI programmer, your best bet is to probably look at
>
> http://www.sl4.org/wiki/SoYouWantToBeASeedAIProgrammer
>
> You might try talking to people on the SL4 IRC channel. Discussion
> of this will probably be boring or irrelevant unless someone is
> seriously proposing a new field of study that might be beneficial.
>
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> Gordon Worley
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