> From: Bob Mottram [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I don't think we yet know enough about how DNA works to be able to > call it a conglomerated mess, but you're probably right that the same > principle applies to any information system adapting over time. > > Similarly the thinking of teenagers or young adults is sometimes quite > clear (almost cartoon-like) but as they get older all sorts of > exceptions and contradictions creep into the thought process. >
It does happen too with academia where there is this nice picture of how things should work but then reality is different. Software is just weird and has unpredictable qualities different from other forms of engineering. There are situations with software where money is just thrown at it lavishly over and over defying any sort of reasonableness, example the VC's friends son has this great idea, they call the software GaGa (they make it sound like Google on purpose, happens all the time) and they throw money at it and sell the company and the software winds up doing something totally different from what was originally planned or sometimes it just becomes vaporware. Since much software is in many ways non-material and mutateable it is treated thus. Internally used and developed software within companies, many times the software that runs the companies, can take extremely bizarre twists of fate... You can say AGI software is special, and it is. If its purpose and goals can be maintained enough, like in specialized software such as weather modeling software, it can stay on course. Yet AGI is very associated with narrow AI so the likelihood of business needs interrupts occurring is high. Also humans are building it and we have special needs that take priority ofttimes. John ----- 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=8660244&id_secret=69497333-d9b7d1
