[agi] Natural versus formal AI interface languages

[John Scanlon]

One of the major obstacles to real AI is the belief that knowledge of a natural language is necessary for intelligence.  A human-level intelligent system should be expected to have the ability to learn a natural language, but it is not necessary.  It is better to start with a formal language, with unambiguous formal syntax, as the primary interface between human beings and AI systems.  This type of language could be called a "para-natural formal language."  It eliminates all of the syntactical ambiguity that makes competent use of a natural language so difficult to implement in an AI system.  Such a language would also be a member of the class "fifth generation computer language."   This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/[EMAIL PROTECTED]