On 26/04/07, Richard Loosemore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Consider that, folks, to be a challenge: to those who think there is such a definition, I await your reply.
While I don't think it the sum of all intelligence, I'm studying something I think is a precondition of being intelligent. That is optimisation systems that can also take in information that is used to improve the way they optimise and improve the way they gather said information. So for example for a thermostat to have the abilities I am interested in not only would it have to stabilise the temperature, it would have to be able to accept instruction in some form so it could improve the way it stabilised temperature. For example taking in instructions that it should alter its programming to pre-emptively start heating rooms when it gets information that a door is to be opened at a specific time (from cameras, email). It would also have to be able to take instruction about how to take instructions in different forms. Specifically I am interested in systems that do not take in instructions naively but have sanity checking and other means of guarding against poor/malicious information. Will Pearson ----- 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/?member_id=231415&user_secret=fabd7936
