That said, as long as I have been visiting and contributing to the AI forum at http://www.Kurzweilai.net (from the 1996 MIND-X to the present year of 2014), I have never heard the designations Barrat is using in his book. The terms I have heard, and I think most in the AI community prefer to use, at least at the KurzweilAI forum, are:
AI for Artificial Intelligence
SAI for Superintelligent AI
Strong-AI for human-level intelligence
In looking over all these terms, I would proffer simply this. We should attempt to agree on a terminology. It does the AI community -- and sister movements, such as Transhuminist and PostHumanity movements -- no good to have nebulous or conflicting terms.
Observing the terms that have so far been used, I propose that all descriptions of Artificial Intelligence should be designated by the abbreviation, AI, as has been traditionally done. Further, since AI is the subject matter, all additional words in connection with the subject should be considered modifiers, modifiers of AI. As modifiers they should thus come BEFORE the letters, AI. Thus we would have General AI, not Artificial General Intelligence (or AGI). We would have Superintelligent AI (or SAI), not Artificial Superintelligence (or ASI).
By placing an adjective, such "general" or "superintelligent" in between the words "artificial" and "intelligence" it makes no sense and is confusing. Again it breaks up the main, subject term, AI, and know one knows what is being addressed.
Barrat used the terms AGI and ASI through out his book and honestly, it drove me crazy. Condescending as it may sound, since he's only been studying AI for 20 years, I suppose we should give him a break, as he wrote an otherwise great book. No field, however, moves forward smoothly without a well-defined -- and agreed upon -- nomenclature.
10 February 2014
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