From: Josiah Draper (kreizykid@hotmail.com)
Date: Wed May 01 2002 - 15:07:25 MDT
Proffesser Yudkowsky, What exactly are "SL4 standards"?
"It is as morally bad not to care whether a thing is true
or not, so long as it makes you feel good, as it is not to
care how you got your money as long as you have got it."
-Edmund Way Teale
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sam Kennedy" <sam_rk@bellsouth.net>
To: <sl4@sysopmind.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 1:18 PM
Subject: Re: Please stop posting to SL4
> I personally enjoy Max's posts quite well. I don't care if he has trouble
> writing down his thoughts, I think they are perfectly vaild.
>
>
> --
> Sam Kennedy
>
> On Wed, 1 May 2002, Max Comess wrote:
>
> > What exactly is it that you object to. I know I don't write beautiful
well
> > thought out compositions but this isn't an English class. I've always
had
> > trouble in communicating, in fact I have a DX'd communications disorder;
> > Asperger's Syndrome. Personally I'd rather DO something to bring the
> > singularity about, rather then just write about it, and since I don't
have
> > the knowledge to write AI software, what I can do is attempt to inform
> > people about what is going on.
> >
> > The biggest problem with this field is that it is fractured into
hundreds of
> > different groups, each working on their own project, and not
communicating,
> > except, seemingly, by well written papers in MLA format in academic
> > journals. We don't need any more papers. We need plex. Lots of them.
And
> > what people do write in "standard" format should be massively
hyperlinked,
> > rather then forcing the reader to pore over any number of well written
> > lengthy paragraphs searching for what they really want to see.
> >
> > I've been using theBrain for a while and I can tell you what a
difference
> > it makes in terms of quick and easy access to information, and I think
that
> > everyone who is working towards a common goal should have a common place
to
> > facilitate advances. Think about what would happen if all those who
worked
> > on AI software used nothing but the latest GUI based programs in their
> > development, instead of the standard Crappy Limited Interface (CLI),
that so
> > many are using now.
> >
> >
> >
> > Max
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Eliezer S. Yudkowsky" <sentience@pobox.com>
> > To: "Max Comess" <mcomess@ucla.edu>
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 3:47 AM
> > Subject: Please stop posting to SL4
> >
> >
> > > Sorry, your posts do not meet SL4 standards. Please do not post
again.
> > You
> > > may continue to remain subscribed, but will be unsubscribed if you
post
> > > again.
> > >
> > > Thank you.
> > >
> > > Sincerely,
> > > Eliezer Yudkowsky,
> > > List moderator.
> > >
> > > -- -- -- -- --
> > > Eliezer S. Yudkowsky http://intelligence.org/
> > > Research Fellow, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
> >
> >
>
>
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