From: Jeevacation <[email protected]>

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From: Jeevacation <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 12:00 PM To: Rich Kahn Subject: Fwd: brief update, and question: Interested to fund the video recording and editing of the AG Summer School lectures, for $2K? Send 5k Sent from my =Phone Begin forwarded message: From: Ben Goertzel < > Date: =pril 30, 2009 7:52:01 AM EDT To: Jeevacation <[email protected]> Sub=ect: Re: brief update, and question: Interested to fund the =ideo recording and editing of the AGI Summer School lectures, for =2K? Mechanically: a check for $2K should be sent to =he Singularity Institute for Al (a nonprofit), at my =ome address... Ben =oertzel Eager of =ourse to reconnect on deeper issues when you have =ime... ben On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 7:51 AM, Ben Goertzel < > =rote: Great, =hanks! On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 7:48 AM, Jeevacation <[email protected]> =rote: Yes EFTA_R1_00099479 EFTA01780735 Sent from my =Phone On Apr 29, 2009, at 6:57 =M, Ben Goertzel -> =rote: Hi=Jeffrey, Quick financial update: I've sorted out how to cover =y own =xpenses thru mid•July, via the investment Novamente =eceived. I've been carrying on with the mathematical =ormalization stuff ='ve been doing for the last couple =onths. But the main topic of this email is: For 3 weeks in =une/July I'll =e leading the world's first AGI Summer School, which =ill be in =iamen, China 2 EFTA_R1_00099480 EFTA01780736 http://www.goe=tzel.org/AGI_Summer_School_2009.htm As with pretty much every such endeavor in the =urrent =conomy, funding is rather tight. We're right at the =oint where tuition =rom students will match stipends to faculty (and note =hat my own =tipend will be covering my expenses for a couple =eeks). Some of the lectures are quite general in scope, and =bout 1/3 of =hem are fairly specific to my OpenCog project. =nbsp;There will be = international faculty giving the lectures, including =e. I'd like to have the lectures effectively recorded =nd edited =nd placed online, so as to educate folks who can't make =t to China =his summer. I don't trust the Chinese university to do this ... =o make a =ong story short, they have a special Chinese way of =crewing things up. =nbsp;l found someone (Raj Dye) who is enthused to record =nd edit =he 3 EFTA_R1_00099481 EFTA01780737 lectures for free, but I need $2000 to cover his =irfare and room =nd board. Question is whether you're interested =o donate $2K to =he summer school for this =urpose. -- =en Ben Goertzel, =hD CEO, Novamente LLC and Biomind =LC Director of Research, =lAI 4 EFTA_R1_00099482 EFTA01780738 Critical threshold: Being generally intelligent =nough to =e disappointed by one's own lack of general =ntelligence Ben Goertzel, PhD CEO, Novamente LLC and Biomind =LC Director of =esearch, SIAI Critical threshold: Being generally intelligent =nough to be disappointed by one's own lack of general =ntelligence =br> Ben Goertzel, =hD 5 EFTA_R1_00099483 EFTA01780739 CEO, Novamente LLC and Biomind =LC Director of Research, SIAI Critical threshold: Being generally intelligent enough to =e disappointed by one's own lack of general =ntelligence 6 EFTA_R1_00099484 EFTA01780740

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