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To: Jeffre E tein'eevacation©gmail.com] From: on behalf of Ben Goertzel Sent: Tue 2/12/2013 3:51:39 PM Subject: Re: Probably so! But I will send you the "robot child IQ test" proposal today or tomorrow, which hopefully will NOT be too silly to discuss any further ;) On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 8:56 AM, Jeffrey Epstein <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote: > its too silly to discuss any furter • > On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 8:56 AM, Ben Goertzel > wrote: >> Hmmm.. >> » That is interesting data >> >> And certainly, I would be willing to cut my hair for a lot of AGI » money ;p .... And Ruiting (wife) would rather see me with lots of AGI >> funding, than see me with the hairstyle that turns her on most... » However, I am wondering how much difference cutting my hair could » actually make in the near term anyway. » I mean, speaking practically: Supposing I cut my hair shorter >> tomorrow. So what? The Internet is still full of videos of me >> speaking with the classic long-haired "Ben Goertzel" look. And >> personality-wise, I'm always going to be somewhat of a hippie and an >> eccentric guy -- that's just who I am.... Changing my look is an >> option, but changing my "apparent personality" would require greater >> acting skills than I possess, even if I wanted to do it... >> >> If you organized some important meeting with major philanthropists >> about funding AGI, I'd of course be willing to cut my hair and buy a >> nice suit for the meeting, etc. ... » But apart from that -- if I cut my hair tomorrow, what difference >> would it make? How would these philanthropists know? >> I suppose that if I had short hair for a few years, then a critical >> mass of videos online would appear featuring the new cleaner-cut Ben, >> and my "image" would look different when people Googled me. But that » would actually take quite a while, because the videos and online >> photos occur at conferences and other events which get scheduled at a » certain rhythm.... >> >> I'm there in the Ray Kurzweil movie "Transcendent Man" with long hair >> and a zebra-striped cowboy hat.... And Raj Dye, a guy in LA, is about >> to release an indie-film documentary called "Singularity or Bust", >> featuring me and Hugo de Garis in HK and Xiamen in 2009 ... again, » with the classic long-haired Ben Goertzel.... He screened the film » privately in LA last weekend, and is now trying to get it in the film >> festival circuit... >> Would me having short hair in mid-2013 really matter, if searching for >> me online brings up a new film with the long-haired Ben playing with >> talking robots in China? (which I guess it will, once Raj's film makes EFTA_R1_00340965 EFTA01907132 » it onto YouTube) » I know you have a lot of stuff do to in your life, so I do appreciate >> you taking time to talk with me about this somewhat silly (but, I » admit, possibly relevant) topic!!! Obviously I have my own share of >> human peculiarities, existing in my brain alongside a lot of (IMO) » really deep and potentially impactful AGI thinking... • >> I'm thinking about the "robot child IQ test" stuff this morning, >> btw.... Mainly, about what order it makes most sense to pursue the >> child IQ test milestones in, given their own relationships and also » given the current state of OpenCog development... • ;) » ben >> >> •» On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 7:37 AM, Jeffrey Epstein <jeevacation@gmail.com> >> wrote: • > I ve spoken to more than five large philantropists. on really getting >> > behind AI „ they have gone online , and unfortunatly my bayesian >> > prediction, came true, there was real interest tempered by unanimous >> > comments on your dishelveld 80s appearance. I hestitated to write >> > this, as >» you should decide if your wifes likes/dislikes are your prioirty, i >» fully • > support rebellious tendencies, but thought i should now reiiterate my >» spinach in the teeth of a friend metaphor. • > >> > -- » > >» The information contained in this communication is • > confidential, may be attorney-client privileged, may >> > constitute inside information, and is intended only for • > the use of the addressee. It is the property of >» Jeffrey Epstein >» Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this • > communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited >> > and may be unlawful. If you have received this >> > communication in error, please notify us immediately by >> > return e-mail or by e-mail to jeevacation@gmail.com, and >> > destroy this communication and all copies thereof, >> > including all attachments. copyright -all rights reserved • -- » Ben Goertzel, PhD >> >> "My humanity is a constant self-overcoming" -- Friedrich Nietzsche EFTA_R1_00340966 EFTA01907133 • *********** ************************* *********************** > The information contained in this communication is > confidential, may be attorney-client privileged, may > constitute inside information, and is intended only for > the use of the addressee. It is the property of > Jeffrey Epstein > Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this > communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited > and may be unlawful. If you have received this > communication in error, please notify us immediately by > return e-mail or by e-mail to jeevacation@gmail.com, and > destroy this communication and all copies thereof, > including all attachments. copyright -all rights reserved Ben Goertzel, PhD "My humanity is a constant self-overcoming" -- Friedrich Nietzsche EFTA_R1_00340967 EFTA01907134