Hot on the heels of the Google geeks talking about how much they want to get some AI action, the firm Novamente plans to achieve human-level AI within six years, provided they get adequate funding of course. In the next year or so they plan to have an ‘autonomous intelligent infant’ interacting with a virtual world. Sounds a bit blue-sky, but I’ve got my fingers crossed anyway.
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Human level AI in 6 years? I guess that depends on what you mean by human level. A calculator can already do some math problems faster than a human. (“Well, it’s not self-aware and can’t have original thoughts, but it can do math better than I can!”). I am skeptical of the 6 year claim. May be intended for venture capitalist consumption only.