Richard, I agree with you that "intelligence" currently has no classical/objective/true/formal definition.
However, I hope your opinion (given the title of the post) won't be understood as "you can take intelligence to mean whatever you want, and since the term has no definition, all attempts toward AI/AGI are equally possible" --- this is what many people believe, which I consider as equally bad as the belief you criticized. Pei On 5/21/07, Richard Loosemore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Matt Mahoney wrote: > --- Richard Loosemore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Matt Mahoney wrote: >> >>> I think there is a different role for chaos theory. Richard Loosemore >>> describes a system as intelligent if it is complex and adaptive. >> >> NO, no no no no! >> >> I already denied this. >> >> Misunderstanding: I do not say that a system as intelligent if it is >> complex and adaptive. >> >> "Complex Adaptive System" is a near-synonym for "complex system", that's >> all. > > OK, so what is your definition of intelligence? I thought I already answered this one, too, but here goes: There is no 'definition' of intelligence, in the sense of a compact, classical definition that captures the whole thing in a formal way, and which can be used as the basis for some kind of hard-edged mathematical analysis of intelligent systems, or strict design methodlogy for creating an intelligent system (this being the way that a lot of people are trying to use these definitions). There are 'descriptive definitions', such as the one Pei gave a few days ago, which I think are fine, but these beg questions that need more detail, which then beg more questions..... which ultimately leads to a cluster of loosely defined features that eventually become an entire book, and then become an actual intelligence. Hope that clears it up. Richard Loosemore. ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?&;
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