I didn't watch that much Star Trek but I think Spock would disagree with your theory about mood swings and AI.
-=>JB<=- On Aug 1, 2012, at 6:48 AM, Richmond wrote: > On 08/01/2012 04:31 PM, -=>JB<=- wrote: >> The AI we have had in the past is primitive and not even close to the AI >> I am talking about. i have not seen anything fantastic come from the old >> so called AI because it was artificial in even claiming it to be AI. >> >> > <snip> > > Artificial Intelligence if we mean something that can learn from input and > act on it does exist. > > Artificial Intelligence if we mean a machine that behaves like a Bonobo or a > Human does not exist > and is unlikely to as that presupposes Bonobos and Humans are entirely > mechanistic. > > Artificial Intelligence can be something as simple as a computer program that > learns how an end-user uses it and reshapes its behaviour to echo the > end-user's preferences. I(f that is the case, then the Mozilla Firefox > browser that "lives" in part of my Linux box may be said to possess some sort > of AI. > > However my cat (who is neither a computer program, nor interacts with > computers), and I (???) > both possess a quite different sort of intelligence . . . > > This is why the Russell-Carnap theory that everything could be boiled down to > a set of mathematical equations has failed so miserably. > > So, while Artificial Intelligence can be said to exist, and be said to be > capable of development, to > equate AI with animal intelligence might lead to ridiculous and unreasonable > expectations. > > Animals have feelings, and feelings cannot be mathematically quantified yet > animals act upon them. > > When I see a computer and/or program that suffers from mood swings I will > admit I was wrong! > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > I don't know whether anybody has sat down and mapped out how AI is expected > to develop > over the next dozen years or so. This might prove useful so that a lot of > people don't waste > an awful lot of time trying to get something to behave in a way it is > congenitally incapable of, > and stop the sort of "my computer behaves like my girlfriend" sort of > expectations that seem to > be current. > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
