Which has more total energy: A Red Dwarf or a Sub Dwarf? If you can't answer that right away can I make the conclusion that you are not capable of intelligence? What shows that you are capable of intelligence is that you are able to use reading skills and knowledge about the Internet and libraries to come up with some kind of further insight about it. It does not require visual intelligence other than reading the words (and getting to the library).
A program that was able to learn simple language skills would be like a very young child. It would not be able to figure that question out. On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 6:11 PM, Jim Bromer <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 5:54 PM, Andrew G. Babian <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> How would a text-based AI handle a simple question like, "Which is >> taller, a cat or a mouse?" >> > > The program would not know what it had no knowledge of. I have to assume > that you are thinking that if an AGI program was capable of examining > pictures then it would be able to answer the question. If that kind of AGI > program never saw a comparative picture of a mouse and a cat (and it did > not have some stepped comparison that it could use) it would not be able to > answer the question either. I think the argument of whether multiple IO > media is necessary for AGI is a little like the old argument of whether an > AI program is capable of free-will. It is an interesting question which a > programmer who wants to write an AGI program should consider, but if a > programmer cannot solve the apparent dilemma then he is not going to be > capable of writing an AGI program. The same thing is true with the > apparent embodiment dilemma. It is worthwhile to think about it, but if a > programmer is not able to grasp the essence of what a program does and move > beyond the question then he not going to be able to master the AGI problem > well enough to take the next step. > > A text-based AI program would be able to handle a simple question based on > other statements and relations to statements that it could use to relate to > the question. > Jim Bromer > > > On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 5:54 PM, Andrew G. Babian <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> How would a text-based AI handle a simple question like, "Which is >> taller, a cat or a mouse?" >> >> >> *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> >> <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/24379807-f5817f28> | >> Modify<https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;>Your Subscription >> <http://www.listbox.com> >> > > > > -- > Jim Bromer > -- Jim Bromer ------------------------------------------- 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
