From: John G. Rose [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: January-09-13 3:12 AM To: AGI Subject: RE: [agi] Why Logic & Maths Have Sweet FA to do with Real world reasoning
"But, having said all this, once again I'll come back around to say, you are correct that CS is not merely mathematics. I would compare this to saying a house is nothing more than a pile of bricks and other building materials. And doing CS requires skills completely different from those required to do mathematics." Writing software is not merely mathematics. But, if an AGI would write Java or C# it would be extremely mathematical IMO since we "cheat" a lot due to the limitations we have in easily expressing ourselves using mathematics. So we throw in a lot of loops and other kludges and shortcuts. You obviously aren't a professional programmer! Looping through patterns is exactly what programming and CS is all about. If all code could just be executed sequentially, then all programs would last less than 1 second and wouldn't be very useful. When I say an AGI here I mean a sufficiently intelligent AGI or as another example one could imagine a super advanced alien race writing code in Java. Why would an AGI, alien or even a smart programmer write a program in Math when the computer understands computer code which isn't Math? I assume this based on guestimation of energy expenditure. An increase in mathematical sophistication implementation results in less bit flips needed to run the app to achieve goals. so an increased intelligence would be able to inject more efficiency, modularity and dynamism. Mathematics contains and allows for that. Code "kludges" due to our intelligence limitations make up for it using more bit flipping and memory moving intensive source code basically. This is a general assumption on my part that I feel confident in. Math takes less "energy" than programming? Do you know of a Math computer that doesn't need programming code? Please explain why or how Math has to do with "efficiency, modularity and dynamism"? These are CS concepts and I have tried to improve on other languages in exactly these areas. Opinions based on no evidence or experience aren't worth much. All opinions aren't created equal even though you certainly have the right to hold erroneous opinions if you choose. John ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
