i meant programs that reason about the code you give them. but never mind --- Mark Waser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > we want computers to > > understand natural language because we think: if you know the syntax, > > the semantics follow easily > > Huh? "We" don't think anything of the sort. Syntax is relatively easy. > Semantics are AGI. > > > do any programs like this exist already? > > Uh . . . no . . . because any such program which worked would effectively > *be* AGI. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "rooftop8000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 4:21 AM > Subject: Re: [agi] rule-based NL system > > > > we already have programming languages. we want computers to > > understand natural language because we think: if you know the syntax, > > the semantics follow easily. you still need the code to process > > the object the text are about. so it will always be a crippled NL > > understanding > > without general intelligence behind it. > > > > the thing about NL is: we can interpret words in many ways. > > the word "walk" can mean: the act of walking, a walk you took > > yesterday,.. etc > > The point is that the computer tries out different meanings, and NL allows > > this to happen by having many possible meanings and inaccuracies > > > > why not try this on programimng languages. " t = Object new() " or "make a > > new > > object and put it in the variable t" or " new object in t ". Now make a > > program > > that can freely decide what to do with this > > -make t a global variable. > > -make t a Car variable > > - decide to keep the old value in t in some memory > > ... > > it's easy to parse programming languages (unlike NL), but not how > > to understand the semantics and reason with it/understand it in a flexible > > way > > > > do any programs like this exist already? > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > ----- > > 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/?&; > > > > > ----- > 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/?&; > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ----- 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
