Russell Wallace wrote: > Syntactic ambiguity isn't the problem. The reason computers don't > understand English is nothing to do with syntax, it's because they > don't understand the world.
> It's easy to parse "The cat sat on the mat" into > <sentence> > <verb> sit </verb> > <subject> cat </subject> > <preposition> on </preposition> > <object> mat </object> > <tense> past </tense> > </sentence> > But the computer still doesn't understand the sentence, because it > doesn't know what cats, mats and the act of sitting _are_. (The best > test of such understanding is not language - it's having the > computer draw an animation of the action.) Russell, I agree, but it might be clearer if we point out that humans don't understand the world either. We just process these symbols within a more encompassing context. - Jef ----- 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]
