And I was being serious about mood swings and AI. -=>JB<=-
On Aug 1, 2012, at 7:14 AM, Richmond wrote: > On 08/01/2012 05:15 PM, -=>JB<=- wrote: >> I didn't watch that much Star Trek but I think Spock would disagree >> with your theory about mood swings and AI. > > Oddly enough, I was being serious about AI, not making goofy remarks to be > analysed by characters from a TV series. > >> >> -=>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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
