Peter

@Peter, in regard to the missing individualist element I’ve tried Alpha Brain and experience moderate results. Not enough to continue using it. And I’m in the middle of experimenting with truBrain (the drink form). I wrote up my experience on http://brainperformancereviews.com/ and will be writing up my truBrain results shortly. (my site has…[Read more]

@Peter: I don’t know what kind of problem “intelligence” is. Yes, chess is certainly a good example. And I agree with you that chess programs don’t work like the human mind, though I believe that Dan Dennett isn’t so sure. Nor do we ever have to talk about intelligence while working on the chess domain.

But if we’re going to talk about…[Read more]

@Brian: <i>The key to higher level AI and creating a Singular-Semantic Web comes down to creating “autonomy” through the cognitive exchange process. In this case, autonomy represents accurate representations of knowledge.</i>

It seems to me that autonomy needs to be real (no scare quotes required) and that that involves a machine that has goa…[Read more]