Re: Syllabus for Seed Developer Qualifications [WAS Re: Some considerations about AGI]

From: Russell Wallace (russell.wallace@gmail.com)
Date: Wed Jan 25 2006 - 08:54:19 MST


On 1/25/06, Richard Loosemore <rpwl@lightlink.com> wrote:
>
>
> Huh? You don't need a PhD. in all of those subjects!
>
> It would certainly help to be well-rounded, but it is crazy to require a
> Ph.D. in (e.g.) M-Theory. Heck, a couple of undergrad physics courses
> and a dose of Brian Greene ought to be enough.

Quite so.

Does anyone else have ideas for an AGI syllabus, or would I be talking
> to myself if I tried to start such a thread?
>

There's a good starting point at
http://www.intelligence.org/action/seed-ai-programmer.html (look for "The four
major food groups for an AI programmer").

- Russell



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