Saturday, November 9, 2002, 2:27:43 PM, Ben Goertzel wrote: BG> No question there! Proto-AGI-based applications can certainly outperform BG> narrow-AI-based applications in some areas.
BG> The problem is that in many market niches, "performance" (in the sense of BG> intelligent performance) doesn't have all that much business value... BG> Finding a market niche where greater software IQ leads to real competitive BG> advantage, is not as easy as one might think... I'm sure this has been attempted by various folks in various ways, but I've always felt code optimization is a rich target for AI. There's a clearly definable goal; the environment (compiler, initial code, generated code, test inputs and outputs or validation program) doesn't need much setting up; and the whole thing can be self-contained and self-running on a single computer. Given some technique for optimizing the optimizer, theoretically you could just set it running and get on with your business... -- Cliff ------- To unsubscribe, change your address, or temporarily deactivate your subscription, please go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/
