On 8/3/07, Mike Tintner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Why would an AI need to talk to itself or 'sleep'? What function does > >> it serve? > > I thought there were some quite well-established hypotheses (which doesn't > mean that they're at all right) - by AI thinkers - that sleep might be > essential for, among other things, reprocessing the events of the past day, > and possibly reprogramming accordingly. And perhaps dreams are a part of > that. I've definitely read stuff along those lines, but I'm giving you my > garbled memories. >
I've read similar claims about the function of sleep in *humans*. But why would an AI share such *human* qualities? It's pretty unlikely that we'll be exactly copying the design of the human brain to build an AI. After all, we don't have the specific constraints or "objectives" that evolution had when it "designed" the human brain. While it's possible that some AI designs will require something analogous to sleep, I don't see anything inherent in the AI design problem that would mandate designing in a "sleep" function. -Jey Kottalam ----- 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&id_secret=28377697-f2ab8b
