Google tech talks published a bunch of video from AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) 2011 today, they're all linked from the conference site. I haven't watched any of them yet but the titles sound interesting.
http://agi-conf.org/2011/conference-schedule/#vp
(Via Patrick Hahn @OB-NYC.)
No, it doesn't, does it? I wonder if that is at all related to my point.
Was I correct in taking your point to be that the great-great-grandparent comment was not as clear as it could have been?