Robin Hanson wrote:
At 10:29 AM 11/10/2007, Derek Zahn wrote:
2. ...
My impression is that the cognitive performance of mice is /vastly
/superior to that of current robot cars. I don't see how they could
be considered even remotely comparable. But perhaps I have
misjudged. Has anyone attempted to itemize an inventory of mouse
mental abilities, and compared that to current robot abilities?
Robin Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hanson.gmu.edu
Research Associate, Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University
Associate Professor of Economics, George Mason University
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I think you're right about the capabilities of the robot cars. OTOH,
they *AREN'T* being driven by our most capable computers. And I can't
think how you could compare either "Blue Gene" or "The Storm Bot-net"
(or [EMAIL PROTECTED]) to a mouse.
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