On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 1:32 PM, Mike Tintner <[email protected]> wrote: > Maths and logic simply do not transpose to the much larger world of arts & > letters - & real world reasoning. Opposite worlds.
We are talking about using digital computers to reason a little more like people. So when you say something about "Maths and logic," I assume that you are talking about computer programs. So the question then becomes how do you know that computer programs "simply do not transpose to the much larger world..."? Are you an expert from the future or something. Have you seen the centuries of effort that failed as direly as you are suggesting that they will. My objection is not that you have an opinon but that your pretention level is so high that you act as if your pronouncements on the subject were flawless. Jim Bromer On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 1:32 PM, Mike Tintner <[email protected]> wrote: > > > AT:if you select 20 random people and > > rigorously investigate what they think of some iconic text, like a > Jesus parable, they will conclude 40 different things. The magic of > discourse is a) that there is method to the madness of producing N > interpretations, where N close to infinity and b) that in a select few > cases, not unlike the collapse of the wave function, this infinity > collapses to the desired outcome.Most likely visual scenes are > evoked/involved in which we easily > > select the desired outcomes out of other nonsensical interpretations. > > Actually, there are a potential infinity of diverse interpretations of any > text (or "discourse") - and any visual scene. This is basic to the world of > arts and letters (and rhetoric) - and is borne out by the reality - people > are still producing the millionth+n interpretations of Hamlet and show no > sign of stopping. > > The same is true of visual scenes: try asking people what was going on here: > > http://images.businessweek.com/ss/08/10/1027_candidates_positions/image/candidates.jpg > > People can agree that they are Obama and McCain, but not what they're doing. > > Maths and logic simply do not transpose to the much larger world of arts & > letters - & real world reasoning. Opposite worlds. Like narrow AI vs AGI. > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------- > AGI > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/10561250-164650b2 > Modify Your Subscription: > https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-c97d2393 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-2484a968 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
