A thermostat is intelligent, in my view, it's just not **very** intelligent...
The functions a thermostat approximately maximizes are nowhere near as complex as the ones a human brain approximately maximizes...
What's wrong with it is that this definition is so broad that it can make a thermostat look like it is an intelligent system. Any definition that classifies thermostats as 'intelligent' is broken. Anyone can come up with a definition of intelligence that accidentally encompasses most of the universe, as well as the real intelligences. The trick is to find a non-circular definition that leaves out the thermostats, cuddly toys, Conway's Game of Life and the little program I once wrote in Fortran that printed out HAPPY BIRTHDAY. Very old argument. Richard Loosemore. ----- 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/?&;
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