I tried asking him what he thought of Bayesianism.
Maybe this is a stupid question, but what was the context of your question and his answer? Maybe he meant that Bayesianism isn’t the answer to the problem of artificial general intelligence. I honestly can’t tell if that is stupid, but does it necessarily mean that he thought Bayesianism to be a failed approach in any other context, or that it isn’t part of a much larger solution?
Anyway, he is just one person. I would only have to change the template slightly to use it to email others as well.
If I get a response, I might send him another email asking about Bayesianism.
I am not sure that you properly appreciate what happens to people when they get old. There was once a Marvin Minsky who helped write the first paper ever on “artificial intelligence”. I look forward to meeting him after he comes out of cryonic suspension, but he isn’t around to talk to right now.
I am not sure that you properly appreciate what happens to people when they get old.
I do, I apparently failed to make the correct inference from your remark about him being old. I didn’t think he was that “old”. Well, if he answers and I notice something “peculiar”, I’ll refrain from publishing his response.
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I’ll err on the side of caution about his response being not reflective of him.
Maybe this is a stupid question, but what was the context of your question and his answer? Maybe he meant that Bayesianism isn’t the answer to the problem of artificial general intelligence. I honestly can’t tell if that is stupid, but does it necessarily mean that he thought Bayesianism to be a failed approach in any other context, or that it isn’t part of a much larger solution?
Anyway, he is just one person. I would only have to change the template slightly to use it to email others as well.
If I get a response, I might send him another email asking about Bayesianism.
I am not sure that you properly appreciate what happens to people when they get old. There was once a Marvin Minsky who helped write the first paper ever on “artificial intelligence”. I look forward to meeting him after he comes out of cryonic suspension, but he isn’t around to talk to right now.
I do, I apparently failed to make the correct inference from your remark about him being old. I didn’t think he was that “old”. Well, if he answers and I notice something “peculiar”, I’ll refrain from publishing his response.
ETA
I’ll err on the side of caution about his response being not reflective of him.
What do you mean by that?