On both points I will concede. David Clark ----- Original Message ----- From: Benjamin Goertzel To: agi@v2.listbox.com Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 11:59 AM Subject: Re: [agi] Determinism
You might be correct for your project but I doubt that the Math contained in your project is more than a small fraction of the code. All algorithms aren't Math and most code has to do with Computer Science techniques not Math. Well, since we are using C++, most of our code has to do with neither Mathematics nor Computer Science but just C++ language muckery !!!! I didn't say Math was useless for AGI, just not a relevant as other Computer Science techniques. Well, it seems to me that for AGI using methods other than human brain emulation, math is pretty important. In terms of Novamente, it doesn't really make sense to prioritize mathematics versus computer science. We'd have no Novamente without probability theory, but we'd also have no Novamente without basic "algorithms & data structures" stuff. Both are absolutely necessary given the type of approach that we're taking. -- Ben ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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/?member_id=231415&user_secret=fabd7936