But not very well ... ;-p On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 11:48 PM, Matt Mahoney <[email protected]> wrote: > Google Translate is able to disambiguate terms based on context in > order to make the correct translation. > > On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 1:52 PM, Jim Bromer <[email protected]> wrote: >> Suppose that someone got an AI program working so that it was able to >> learn a rudimentary natural language. There is no reason why that >> program should be expected to understand everything. That would not >> make sense. Imagining that this program had only learned a little, it >> would not be able to disambiguate every phrase that might be thrown at >> it. So the test that it should be able to disambiguate anything is not >> a valid test. A qualified test then, is, after it was given some >> instruction in different subjects where some common word and words >> were used in different ways, could it 'understand' these different >> uses of the words as they pertain to the different subject domains? >> This qualified test would be difficult for most children but the >> ability to follow a discussion using terms that the child had learned >> should turn up some confirmatory evidence that the child had learned >> something about that subject. And with more practice the child would >> become better skilled at disambiguating the phrases that it had been >> taught. This kind of testing then can stand as the disambiguation >> test for innovative language-based AI projects in our age. >> Jim Bromer > > > -- > -- Matt Mahoney, [email protected] > > > ------------------------------------------- > AGI > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/212726-deec6279 > Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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