On Wed, Sep 10, 2025 at 2:06 AM Dorian Aur <[email protected]> wrote:
> ...Clearly, the EDI prototype cannot be built in a garage like earlier > tech breakthroughs, its development demands sophisticated fabrication > tools, multidisciplinary expertise, and access to advanced materials and > infrastructure.This marks a shift from the era of individual inventors to > one where coordinated institutional and national support becomes essential. > With targeted investment from both public and private sectors, a functional > *EDI > prototype* could realistically be developed within 2–3 years, maybe less > given the current pace of innovation > Ah, well, you may have lost me there Dorian. So this is based on Colin Hales ideas that cognition can only be built by directly using electromagnetic fields. That's just the "embodiment" aspect of Colin's ideas I objected to earlier. I don't think an effective dynamical insight into cognition need be limited to any particular substrate. Worrying too much about the hardware could hold us back. PS While Colin and Australia may not currently rank among the top countries > positioned to build an EDI prototype, a "Sputnik moment" can occur from > anywhere. The risk lies in focusing narrowly on LLMs and missing the > broader paradigm shift > On that point let me mention that Australia doesn't do too badly on the neuromorphic computing front (though of course they lag New Zealand in orbital and lunar rocketry :-) Moderately prominent neuromorphic startup BrainChip hails from Australia. ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/Ta9b77fda597cc07a-M91d47197863c50de568eb9c2 Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
