I was going to respond with a biting "well then what the heck is the point of LW?" post, but I think you got the point:
I don't think the philosophy is going to stay afloat for very long if it's practitioners aren't able to follow the technical details of what people are actually doing in the domain they'd like to philosophize about.
Frankly without a willingness to educate oneself about implementation details, the philosophizing is pointless. Maybe this is a wakeup call for me to go find a better community :\
EDIT: Who created the StarDestroy AI mini-FAQ? Do we know their real-world identity?
Frankly without a willingness to educate oneself about implementation details, the philosophizing is pointless. Maybe this is a wakeup call for me to go find a better community :\
I was hoping more of a study technical AI details and post about them here, but whatever works. If you do find a better community, post a note here somewhere.
EDIT: Who created the StarDestroy AI mini-FAQ? Do we know their real-world identity?
Ben Goertzel has made available a pre-print copy of his book Engineering General Intelligence (Vol1, Vol2). The first volume is basically the OpenCog organization's roadmap to AGI, and the second volume a 700 page overview of the design.